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For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a… — Jean Giraudoux
A pleasing countenance is no light advantage. — Unknown Author
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our… — Thomas Carlyle
Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other… — Peg Bracken
...America didn't have to fight scarcity and we all felt guilty before people who still had to struggle for bread and freedom in the old… — Saul Bellow
A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language. — Marya Mannes
The great advantage of the sort of education I had was precisely that it made practically no mark upon those subjected to it. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'. — Plutarch
We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage. — Robert Breault
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide with infinite patience… — Robert Green Ingersoll
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves… — James Ellis
The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages… — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices; cultivates… — Adam Weishaupt
I challenge anyone to tell me that there isn’t evil in this world. From the days of Cain and Abel we know all too well… — Taya Kyle
We may with advantage at times forget what we know. — Publilius Syrus
The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power. — Orison Swett Marden
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and… — Samuel Johnson
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. — Samuel Johnson
The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. — John Cheever
It is necessary to have party organization if we are to have effective and efficient government. The only difference between a mob and a trained… — Calvin Coolidge
I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you… — Edmund Hillary
The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool. — Alexander Pope
The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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