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- As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could be found degraded…
- A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
- How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile.
- I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick you could cut it with a knife,…
- Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.
- Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness…
- How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many…
- After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking…
- In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by…
- Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to our progress. Our life…
- Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a…
- Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against…
- Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely…
- As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get…
- A man sits as many risks as he runs.
- I came to love my rows, my beans, though so many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got…
- We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
- We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the…
- Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and…
- It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist…
- From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized…
- It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods ...
- Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.
- I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out…
- In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I sail before the…
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- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson