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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite… — Hannah Arendt
Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider… — Aristotle
I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it… — Paul Auster
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival. — David Attenborough
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some… — Saint Augustine
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on… — Marcus Aurelius
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. — Jane Austen
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. — Jane Austen
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or… — Diane Ackerman
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the… — Dan Aykroyd
Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all. — Charles Babbage
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is… — Charles Babbage
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. — Irving Babbitt
I still get crazy once in a while, but just less crazy. — Sebastian Bach
It isn't that women are less ambitious,but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family. — Michelle Bachelet

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