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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with… — Confucius
Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and… — Charles Darwin
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them. — Rosamond Lehmann
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for… — Hillary Clinton
The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire. — Charles Caleb Colton
Reince has produced a fully funded, superbly staffed and technologically advanced strategy to position the GOP to win in '14 and '16, and he has… — Hugh Hewitt
The essence of drama is that man cannot walk away from the consequences of his own deeds. — Harold Hayes
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a… — Brian Stableford
Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable… — George Orwell
For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical… — Bill Bryson
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point… — Richard North Patterson
Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way, by… — Katherine Anne Porter
The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius,… — Aristotle
I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot… — Viktor E. Frankl
Remember the street car cannot turn out. — Charles Melville Hays
We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn… — Billy Graham

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