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With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you. — Abraham Lincoln
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore… — Abraham Lincoln
As to rocket ships flying between America and Europe, I believe it is worth seriously trying for. Thirty years ago persons who were developing flying… — Auguste Piccard
We will only begin to forgive when we can look upon the wrongdoers as ourselves, neither better nor worse. We need to remember that we… — Leo Buscaglia
But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the… — Edmund Burke
I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only… — Samuel Johnson
Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold… — Samuel Johnson
Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants… — Bette Davis
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought… — George Washington
Whoso is content with pure experience and acts upon it has enough of truth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever… — Seneca the Younger
To decide upon the answer is not scientific. In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar ajar only. — Richard P. Feynman
My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them… — E L Doctorow
Memory itself is an internal rumour; and when to this hearsay within the mind we add the falsified echoes that reach us from others, we… — George Santayana
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has… — Tryon Edwards
He began to search among the infinite series of impressions which time had laid down, leaf upon leaf, fold upon fold softly, incessantly upon his… — Virginia Woolf
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the… — Charles Spurgeon
There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope… — Maria Edgeworth
For ages, a deadly conflict has been waged between a few brave men and women of thought and genius upon the one side, and the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If we, who live outside asylums, act as if we lived in a fictitious world- that is to say, if we are consistent with our… — Alfred Korzybski
Build traditions in your families that will bring you together, for they can demonstrate your devotion, love, and support for one another. These events would… — L. Tom Perry
The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. — Ayn Rand
God speaks once, yea twice, yet Man perceiveth it not, in a Dream, in a Vision of the night, when deep Sleep falleth upon men,… — John Bunyan
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom. — John Bunyan
The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of… — Chogyam Trungpa

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