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4277 Above quotes by 2732 unique authors
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The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who on the grounds of decorum and morality avoids the game of love. He is…
— H. L. Mencken
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Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will always seek to…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.
— D. H. Lawrence
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There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it.
— Beryl Markham
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Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
— Alain-Rene Lesage
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I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to play in pursuit…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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While we are grateful to all the brave men and officers for the events of the past few days, we should, above all, be very…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He…
— Mark Twain
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Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all,…
— Mark Twain
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The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed…
— Seneca the Younger
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Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.
— Thomas Browne
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If a philosopher is not a man, he is anything but a philosopher; he is above all a pedant, and a pedant is a caricature…
— Miguel de Unamuno
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Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which…
— George Washington
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Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather…
— R. Kelly
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Above all, God wanted us to love others. We have to love each other and get on with each other, she added. It's not up…
— Carrie Underwood
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We have far too many kids. At one time in the playpen there was standing-room only. It looked like a bus stop for midgets. It…
— Phyllis Diller
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There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
— Benjamin Jowett
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On Kim Kardashian: "I think she's cute. And, no, she's not too old for me. Above 40 is a little too old for me.
— Justin Bieber
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Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.
— Bede Griffiths
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I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.
— Homer
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Man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged only by chance. Neither his…
— Jacques Monod
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our…
— John Owen
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