Often Quotes

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The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment. — Samuel Johnson
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. — Andrew Jackson
One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to… — F. H. Bradley
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.… — Bertrand Russell
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto… — Parker J. Palmer
And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told… — Don McLean
Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself. — Gail Kelly
I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know… — LeAnn Rimes
Our illness is often our healing. — Mooji
In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth… — Thomas a Kempis
Drawing ... is an innocent & engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother… — Thomas Jefferson
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The value of time, that is of being a little ahead of your opponent, often provides greater advantage than superior numbers or greater resources. — Sun Tzu
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of… — J. William Fulbright
The bench press per se is not a risky exercise. When done right, it can help improve upper body strength and size. It's only when… — Bill Starr
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. — William Arthur Ward
Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere… — Og Mandino
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom… — Charles Caleb Colton
Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia: that they can be indulged in… — Aldous Huxley
The habit of an opinion often leads to the complete conviction of its truth, it hides the weaker parts of it, and makes us incapable… — Jons Jacob Berzelius
It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it is… — Edward Teller
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. — Vittorio Alfieri
My father was often angry when I was most like him. — Lillian Hellman

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