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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the… — Tecumseh
A very good drink they call Chaube that is almost as black as ink and very good in illness, especially of the stomach. This they… — Unknown Author
I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies. — Brenda Blethyn
People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage. — Doug Larson
I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you… — George Mikes
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him. — Ernest Renan
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville
How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and… — Edith Wharton
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. — Denis Waitley
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day. — Nina Simone
Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were… — Jim Rohn
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are very joyful about… — Unknown Author
Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games or reach 200 or to… — LaVell Edwards
Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think… — Harry S. Truman
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown. — Ezra Pound
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before… — Sun Tzu
Ponder and deliberate before you make a move. — Sun Tzu
Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering. — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they… — Zhuge Liang
If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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