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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their… — Niccolo Machiavelli
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion… — Ambrose Bierce
Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now, a model who… — Nikos Kazantzakis
I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the… — Brenda Blethyn
I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity. — Robert E. Lee
Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed,… — Epictetus
This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that — Bryan Robson
She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about… — Terry Pratchett
I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. — Max Lucado
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like… — Daniel Handler
The Bible is owned, read on occasion, even taken to church-but not studied. — Howard G. Hendricks
World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call on all partners… — Kofi Annan
This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to… — Kofi Annan
Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the… — Maria Monk
America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will. — Christie Brinkley
Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion. — George Washington
Unless a person has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. A great occasion is worth to man exactly what… — Unknown Author
Us investigators who went out into the field were faced on occasion with a lot of anger, by people saying why has it taken you… — Tony Greig
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may… — Bent Larsen
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a… — Josef Pieper
There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in the midst of… — Edith Schaeffer
I look at the occasion, and this was one of the biggest so far in my career. It was a bit of a gamble, but… — Robin van Persie
Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city. — Oscar Wilde
If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses? — Joseph Epstein
Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve. — Andy Stanley

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