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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. — Francis of Assisi
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? — David Attenborough
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other… — Saint Augustine
There is no possible source of evil except good. — Saint Augustine
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. — Francis Bacon
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be… — Francis Bacon
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. — David Bailey
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. — Pearl Bailey
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. — Russell Baker
It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. — Russell Baker
I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been… — Tom Baker
Nothing can be done except little by little. — Charles Baudelaire
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. — Dave Barry
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. — Dave Barry
Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find… — Dave Barry
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of… — Dave Barry
Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. — Bernard Baruch
A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the… — Georges Bataille

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