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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. — Saint Augustine
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on… — Marcus Aurelius
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within… — Marcus Aurelius
Each day provides its own gifts. — Marcus Aurelius
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea… — Sri Aurobindo
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. — Jane Austen
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness… — Jane Austen
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has… — Jane Austen
Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick… — Paul Auster
For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its… — Paul Auster
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we… — Paul Auster
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. — Diane Ackerman
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life… — Emilie Autumn
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes… — Diane Ackerman
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila
When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth. — Teresa of Avila
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend… — Teresa of Avila
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's… — Diane Ackerman
You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle! — Dan Aykroyd
We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own. — Diane Ackerman
Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of… — Ibrahim Babangida

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