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- That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind;…
- Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.
- You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper,…
- It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at…
- Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both…
- A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
- Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before…
- Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
- There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to…
- If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them derive their whole pleasure from each other, they would inevitably…
- Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas… — Margaret Atwood
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila