May Quotes

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According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected.… — Charles Francis Richter
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they… — Erik Erikson
If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are. — Robert Frost
If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of… — Unknown Author
If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to… — Charles Dickens
One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece… — Daniel Handler
One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge. — Mark Twain
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will… — Florence Nightingale
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It may be those who do most, dream most. — Stephen Leacock
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.… — Walt Kelly
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot… — Alexander Hamilton
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. — Samuel Johnson
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road… — Sun Tzu
Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean. — Horatio Nelson
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still… — David Hume
An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different… — Emile Durkheim
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality. — Charles Darwin
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose mankind… — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind in general, they are vicious-their passions may be operated upon. — Alexander Hamilton

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