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- I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young…
- Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
- Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without…
- It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before.
- Too much of anything is a mistake, as the man said when his wife presented him with four new healthy children in one day. We…
- When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only…
- I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat…
- Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without…
- Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of…
- (Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices…
- That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer any reason. I…
- We want everything. All the happiness that earth and heaven are capable of bestowing. Creature comforts, and heart and soul comforts also; and, proud-spirited beings…
- What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend…
- It is a curious fact, but nobody ever is sea-sick - on land. At sea, you come across plenty of people very bad indeed, whole…
- In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two…
- If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics…
- A good dinner brings out all the softer side of a man. Under its genial influence the gloomy and morose become jovial and chatty. Jerome…
- From all accounts, the world has been getting worse and worse ever since it was created. All I can say is that it must have…
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- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle