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When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing… — Helen Hayes
History is fables agreed upon. — Voltaire
Glory be to God for dappled things for skies of couple-color as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim — Gerard Manley Hopkins
May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and… — Irish Blessings
If there be a hell upon earth it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart — Robert Burton
All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power over their fellowmen in order that they might win the… — William Graham Sumner
It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations yet unborn, will contain a question something like this: What… — Unknown Author
But an officer on duty knows no one -- to be partial is to dishonor both himself and the object of his illadvised favor. What… — Unknown Author
Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune; and many a man curses the rain that falls upon… — St Basil
A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do. — Tony Blair
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you… — Frederick Douglass
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry… — Alfred Korzybski
"What is liberty without...virtue? It is...madness, without restraint. Men are qualified for liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their… — Edmund Burke
[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the time of Henry IV.… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Once upon a time not long ago lived a chick named Nicki wit a naughty flow. — Nicki Minaj
Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon. — Samuel Butler
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us,… — Theodore Roosevelt
He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as… — Samuel Johnson
It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' means — Bill Clinton
Jesus brooded upon the Divine imminence until at last he could declare, I and my Father are One. — James Allen

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