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He Quotes by Walter Scott
- He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
- A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call…
- He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
- If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
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- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle