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9547 Few quotes by 5579 unique authors
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Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air was filled with the low…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.
— W. Clement Stone
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The myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that something is being…
— Steven Biko
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I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me…
— Thomas Browne
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with…
— Jimmy Carter
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The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful…
— Lloyd deMause
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Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the few, and to struggle with…
— Ralph Ellison
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We had no churches, no religious organizations, so sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble and sing and…
— Geronimo
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The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.
— Paul Robeson
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Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The univeral aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the…
— Carlos P. Romulo
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I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and…
— Richard Rumbold
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As ridiculous to approve of property and let a few men have a grossly unfair share of it, as say you are all for marriage,…
— Katharine Whitehorn
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After a few months' acquaintance with European 'coffee' one's mind weakens, and his faith with it, and he begins to wonder if the rich beverage…
— Mark Twain
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The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave,…
— Mark Twain
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
— Stephen Covey
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Only a few things are really important.
— Marie Dressler
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The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged is not a college course,…
— William Osler
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No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds of dangerous alliances.…
— Peter Drucker
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The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of…
— Sun Tzu
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