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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours. — James A. Baldwin
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. — Honore de Balzac
It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at… — George Matthew Adams
God himself took this human flesh upon him. — William Barclay
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your… — P T Barnum
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. — Saint Basil
In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the… — Saint Basil
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. — Charles Baudelaire
Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one… — Charles Baudelaire
Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. — Simone de Beauvoir
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. — Jane Addams
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such… — Joseph Addison
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated. — John Berger
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. — Henry Ward Beecher

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