Three Quotes
8433 quotes by 5499 authors
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
— Plato
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
— Plato
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If there are two persons praying, there are three. If three meet to pray, there are four praying. There is always one more than you…
— S. D Gordon
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The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
— Louis E. Boone
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three…
— Cyrus the Great
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I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life, I lived in Austria back…
— Rick Atkinson
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There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.
— Joel Garreau
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Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment.
— M. J. Ryan
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And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking care to get…
— Herodotus
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A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most…
— Joyce Thompson
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If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are…
— Zoe Weil
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In those days [the 1790s],the students paid their professors directly for the lectures-typically about three guineas a class (a guinea was worth slightly more than…
— Joshua Kendall
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Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence…
— Gautama Buddha
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These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.
— Gregory of Nazianzus
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I've never met a couple yet who, when they were walking down the aisle, said, 'What we want is three years of happiness, two years…
— Wade Horn
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Abraham Lincoln once walked down the street with his two sons, both of whom were crying. "What's the matter with you boys?" asked a passerby.…
— George Sweeting
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The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than…
— Gwynne Dyer
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Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of us to the…
— David Barford
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The signs of the soundness of the servant's love for his Lord are three: absence of self-willing; pleasure in every event which takes place through…
— Ibn Ata Allah
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