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Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its… — Robert H. Jackson
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings. — John Donne
Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the first things they teach you in Driver's Ed is where to put your hands on the steering wheel. They tell you put… — George Carlin
Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a… — Joseph Conrad
Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less… — Max Beerbohm
... there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Of what significance are the things you can forget. — Henry David Thoreau
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them. — Oscar Wilde
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. — Solon
Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a struggle with things to maintain itself among them. Concepts are the strategic plan we form in answer to the attack. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Size does matter. There's a lot of ways to make people feel good, but personally I think it does enhance things. — Pamela Anderson
I'm really good at being sarcastic with guys. That's the best way to hang out with them, because that's what guys . They don't want… — Jessica Alba
The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say… — Abraham Lincoln
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nothing can be lower or more wholly instrumental than the substance and cause of all things. — George Santayana
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why… — Oscar Wilde
This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡

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