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A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to… — Ivan Lendl
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments.… — E. O. Wilson
I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love. — Henry Ward Beecher
While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also… — Dalia Mogahed
"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is at hand: "To… — Karl Pearson
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for… — Louisa May Alcott
It is within the power of every man to live his life nobly, but of no man to live forever. Yet so many of us… — Seneca the Younger
Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black headlines. But we… — Wilferd Peterson
The Earth would only have to move a few million kilometers sunward-or starward-for the delicate balance of climate to be destroyed. The Antarctic icecap would… — Arthur C. Clarke
The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot be bought. — Joseph Wood Krutch
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much, but everybody has… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. — John F. Kennedy
Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor.… — Cesar Chavez
Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you. — Herman Melville
Medicine being a compendium of the successive and contradictory mistakes of medical practitioners, when we summon the wisest of them to our aid, the chances… — Marcel Proust
How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile. — Henry David Thoreau
Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree. — Alexander Pope
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it. — Mark Twain
Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend. — Simon Cowell
Few people want the pleasures they are free to take. — Unknown Author
We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up. — John Donne
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth. — Eric Hoffer

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