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Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest… — Thomas Jefferson
Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of… — Henry David Thoreau
When one of your children tells a lie, be honest with him; tell him that you have told hundreds of them yourself. Tell him it… — Robert Green Ingersoll
You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company - a clean,… — Orison Swett Marden
The best time to buy a home is always five years ago. — Ray Brown
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance. — Mark Twain
From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] — John Harington
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast… — Ernest Hemingway
I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men. — Euripides
One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries… — Robert Rauschenberg
Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!' — Ken Danby
Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received. — Lea Thompson
Strength comes from solitude, a waiting, a communion with the best in us, which is at one with the divine spark. — Elbert Hubbard
The best thing about animals is they don't talk much. — Thornton Wilder
You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out. — Tina Turner
Speaking of friends, the best ones always have your back. — Selena Gomez
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Some of the scientists, I believe, haven't they been changing their opinion a little bit on global warming? There's a lot of differing opinions and… — George W. Bush
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. — Thomas Love Peacock
People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one. — Florence Griffith Joyner
The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings. — Robert Herrick
Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written. — Amos Bronson Alcott
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. — Alexander Hamilton
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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