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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. — Lord Chesterfield
Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and… — Bill Gates
The one person I am with forever is me. My relationship with myself is eternal, so I choose to be my own best friend. I… — Louise Hay
The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. — Mae West
I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend and my best friend is my wife. Who… — John Lennon
The best way to get over a dog's death is to get another soon. — Ronald Reagan
Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that… — Dante Alighieri
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great… — Calvin Coolidge
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the… — William O. Douglas
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best… — Learned Hand
The way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to… — Thomas Jefferson
And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. — Josephine Baker
The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it… — Ernest Hemingway
I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could… — Henry David Thoreau
It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. — Mark Twain
To preserve yourself as the center of the world, to stay your own best authority on everything, your own expert on all topics, infallible, omniscient.… — Chuck Palahniuk
Unless one decorates one's house for oneself alone, best leave it bare, for other people are walleyed. — D. H. Lawrence
Earth being so good, would heaven seem best? — Robert Browning
The world is but a school of inquisition; it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses. — Michel de Montaigne
Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can… — Gary Hamel
It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to… — Andre Agassi
They know how to work without waste of energy. In order to get the best that is within themselves, they learn to eliminate from their… — Walter Russell
Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of… — Og Mandino

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