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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that…
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Compared to gardeners, I think it is generally agreed that others understand very little about anything of consequence.
— Henry Mitchell
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Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
— Samuel Johnson
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It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of…
— John Maynard Keynes
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A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all.
— Beverley Nichols
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Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs…
— Neil Gaiman
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A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all...much of the magic…
— Beverley Nichols
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It is generally agreed that "Hello" is an appropriate greeting because if you entered a room and said "Goodbye," it could confuse…
— Unknown Author
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