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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes… — Hannah Arendt
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they… — Aristophanes
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood
Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data… — Norman Ralph Augustine
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to… — Marcus Aurelius
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it… — Marcus Aurelius
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. — Jane Austen
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards.… — Teresa of Avila
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to… — Dan Aykroyd
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. — Irving Babbitt
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. — Francis Bacon
Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God. — Abu Bakr
The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not… — Mikhail Bakunin

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