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When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass… — Anton Chekhov
The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we… — Dick Cheney
The only thing left that shows I was a heart patient is I have a scar down the middle of my chest where they went… — Dick Cheney
I only answer to two people, myself and God. — Unknown Author
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad… — Unknown Author
The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions. — Ron Chernow
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. — Lord Chesterfield
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave… — Lord Chesterfield
The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. — Lord Chesterfield
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but… — Lord Chesterfield
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men,… — Lord Chesterfield
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. — Lord Chesterfield
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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