Preserve Quotes
873 quotes by 671 authors
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it…
— Francis Bacon
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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt…
— Francis Bacon
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Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of…
— John Adams
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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
— John Quincy Adams
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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter…
— Joseph Addison
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For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
— Aeschylus
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
— Edmund Burke
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How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the…
— Richard Burton
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Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
— David Byrne
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it;…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings…
— Chanakya
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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
— William Ellery Channing
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
— Cesar Chavez
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object…
— Tadao Ando
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.
— Susan B. Anthony
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
— Thomas Aquinas
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You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a…
— Corazon Aquino
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The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to…
— Watchman Nee
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