Second Quotes

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When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was… — Plutarch
He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a… — Plutarch
In the end, science as we know it has two basic types of practitioners. One is the educated man who still has a controlled sense… — Loren Eiseley
You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist. — Anton Chekhov
Out in the sun, some painters are lined up. The first is copying nature, the second is copying the first, the third is copying the… — Paul Gauguin
You'll understand, I'm sure that I'm chasing the merest sliver of color. It's my own fault. I want to grasp the intangible. It's terrible how… — Claude Monet
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through… — Salman Rushdie
I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man.… — Pablo Casals
Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage. — Jean Racine
It doesn't matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
You fear that if you lower your guard for even one second your whole world will disintegrate into chaos — Douglas Coupland
Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes a mystical matter, rather than a moral matter. — Richard Rohr
One magnitude is said to be the limit of another magnitude when the second may approach the first within any given magnitude, however small, though… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this… — Judith Perelman Rossner
What is Time... That you speak of it so subserviently? Are we to be the slaves of the sun, that second-hand, overrated knob of gilt,… — Mervyn Peake
There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only… — Lafcadio Hearn
There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of… — Cory Doctorow
One path is greed, the second is curiosity. With one, the journey is to a reward; with the other, the journey is the reward. — Dale Dauten
The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point… — Diane Duane
Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute… — Ben Harper
What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind of situation where… — Wayne LaPierre
For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong. — Wayne LaPierre
When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy… — Jennifer Lopez
If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears ,a son , he is… — Guru Nanak
He ,who is appointed to ,cohabit with the widow shall ,approach her at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, ,and beget one son, by… — Guru Nanak

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