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Own Quotes by Charles Dudley Warner
- To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the…
- No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However…
- It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
- The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of…
- There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own…
- The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov