Best Considered Sayings
1970 Considered quotes by 1533 unique authors
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I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
— George Washington
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Children are prepared for democracy by being led to discuss current events without first learning the systematic subjects (politics, economics, history) which are necessary in…
— Murray Rothbard
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The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing…
— Sean Connery
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When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people.…
— David Korten
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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon…
— Helen Keller
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I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.
— Yannick Noah
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I've always considered myself a crunch-time player. I just love having the ball in my hands. Everyone in the arena knows the ball is supposed…
— Reggie Miller
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause,…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and…
— Vita Sackville-West
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Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.
— William Wordsworth
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He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to…
— Celia Thaxter
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Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered as…
— Penelope Hobhouse
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Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would…
— Winston Churchill
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The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm…
— George S. Patton
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Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered…
— Albert Einstein
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Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can-if…
— Unknown Author
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It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.
— Francis of Assisi
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Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend…
— John Selden
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The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one…
— Mark Twain
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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a…
— Louis Kronenberger
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Thats not a place where I'm considered good-looking.
— Mark Hoppus
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All systems of morality are based on the idea that an action has consequences that legitimize or cancel it. A mind imbued with the absurd…
— Albert Camus
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We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered what…
— John Selden
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