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Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary. — Jonathan Swift
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day
The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. — Marquis de Sade
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us. — Ben Jonson
Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are. — Lord Chesterfield
The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals. — George Berkeley
The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed.… — Clarence Day
Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the… — John Selden
His voice was the most obnoxious squeak I ever was tormented with. — Charles Lamb
We've been through so much together, and most of it was your fault. — Ashleigh Brilliant
I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst character in fiction. — Edwin Arlington Robinson
Here was one of the white man's most characteristic behavior patterns - where black men are concerned. He loves himself so much that he is… — Malcolm X
The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly. The society has produced and nourishes a psychology which… — Malcolm X
America's most dangerous and threatening black man is the one who has been kept sealed up by the Northerner in the black ghettos - the… — Malcolm X
Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no… — Abraham Lincoln
I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most… — Abraham Lincoln
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in… — Abraham Lincoln
Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. — Benjamin Rush
Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the cosmos. — Albert Einstein
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly… — Albert Einstein
Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the… — Thomas Jefferson
The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as… — James Madison
Conscience is the most sacred of all property. — James Madison

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