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Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons whose devotion is of long… — Charles De Saint-Evremond
There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding or good nature,… — William Hazlitt
Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will… — Unknown Author
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom… — Dorothy Thompson
A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is binding on all persons and parts of government, henceforth and… — Edwin Meese III
The mysteries of creation are marvelous. When two persons meet at any time or place, the differences between them are patent. Their forms and manners… — Sri Sathya Sai Baba
SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read… — Ambrose Bierce
And when you see them, their persons will please you, and If they speak, you will listen to their speech; (they are) as if they… — Quran
Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit. Money is nothing: character, conduct, and capacity are everything. There… — George Bernard Shaw
INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The… — Ambrose Bierce
Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which human affairs turn most persistently. — Samuel Butler
This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for… — Walt Whitman
Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books,… — Unknown Author
It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having the feeling of falling in love again. That is what… — Unknown Author
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. — Blaise Pascal
Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them — Francois La Rochefoucauld
God is no respecter of persons — Bible
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
Why does insanity always twist the great answers? Because only tormented persons want truth. Man is an animal like other animals, wants food and success… — Robinson Jeffers

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