Preserve Quotes

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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
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
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
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
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
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death. — Aeschylus
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke
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
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? — David Byrne
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
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. — Miguel de Cervantes
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
It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. — William Ellery Channing
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
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
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
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform. — Susan B. Anthony
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. — Thomas Aquinas
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
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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