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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… — Benjamin Franklin
If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the thrill… — John Cheever
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made us ashamed of ourselves… — George Santayana
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss. — Sophocles
The clever way death cuts us down, but makes it look like just a thinning-out. Generations never fall with one blow - that would be… — Alphonse Daudet
Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing. — Jillian Michaels
Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers. — Henry Beard
What you really value is what you miss, not what you have. — Jorge Luis Borges
Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good? — Denis Diderot
What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing,… — Ernest Gaines
Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to… — Richard M. Nixon
I feel sure that coups d'Ã©tat would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening… — Edmond de Goncourt
That's what I miss out of all this synthesized music - it starts to lose dynamics. — Glenn Frey
It's when the thing itself is missing that you have to supply the word. — Henry de Montherlant
I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it. — Pedro Martinez
Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day. — Pedro Martinez
The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that… — Yo-Yo Ma
A too often forgotten truth is that you can live through actual events of history and completely miss the underlying reality of what's going. What… — Tom Harpur
I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss… — Ehud Olmert

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