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- You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but…
- In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for…
- I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We…
- Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged…
- History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in…
- You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on.
- Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
- A little neglect may breed great mischief.
- I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that…
- ...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.
- A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
- Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.
- And we daily in our experiments electrise bodies plus or minus, as we think proper. [These terms we may use till your Philosophers give us…
- Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily…
- As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had,…
- Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.
- Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be; for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present,…
- One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.
- A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.
- He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
- You may delay, but time will not.
- Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
- Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
- There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is…
- Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than…
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong