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Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude, they then begin to fail. — John Milton
The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head. — Mason Cooley
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly. — Sallust
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one. — Sallust
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies must be strong… — Ronald Reagan
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library.… — Stephen Leacock
Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel that army life… — Bruce Catton
How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one… — Dorothy Day
... where does one person end and another person begin? — Iris Murdoch
But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting… — Thor Heyerdahl
If you've been put in your place long enough you begin to act like the place. — Randall Jarrell
Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they… — Barbara Ehrenreich
If we can get that realistic feminine morality working for us, if we can trust ourselves and so let women think and feel that an… — Ursula K. Le Guin
It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too… — Marlo Thomas
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. — Norbert Wiener
You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife,… — William Saroyan
You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward… — E. Stanley Jones
The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I… — David McCullough
When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because… — Ken Burns
The world grows bigger as the light leaves it. There are no boundaries and no landmarks. The trees and the rocks and the anthills begin… — Beryl Markham

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