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- In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At…
- Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there is nothing wrong…
- Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in…
- Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In…
- An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.
- Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of…
- Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their…
- I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man who is…
- Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
- Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
- The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
- Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
- Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
- A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
- So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
- There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
- There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
- Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made…
- There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art…
- Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there…
- Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign…
- There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has…
- Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong