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When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might… — George Eliot
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. — Russell Lynes
Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence. — Dalai Lama
Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The key is being able to endure psychologically. When you're not riding well, you think, why suffer? Why push yourself for four or five hours?… — Greg LeMond
I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet. — Adelaide Anne Procter
In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better. — John B. S. Haldane
Whether the psychological effect of color is direct...or whether it is the outcome of association, is open to question. The soul being one with the… — Wassily Kandinsky
Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms. — Piet Mondrian
Form is all we have to help us cope with fundamentally chaotic facts and assaults. Formulating something is a great start. I trust form, trust… — Gerhard Richter
My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere remote.… — Paul Klee
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. — Al Oerter
When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more… — Suzanne Vega
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished! — Augustus
To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is easier to begin well than to finish well. — Plautus
Well, well, my boy, if good luck knocks at your door, don't you put your head out at window and tell it to be gone… — George Eliot
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. — Lucian
Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones. — Natalie Clifford Barney
Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well. — John Templeton
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. — Agnes Repplier
I like when my man is worldly, know the finer things in life, is well traveled, and educated. It's important to me that he's able… — Kiana Tom
There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And… — Donnie Yen
As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well. — Steffi Graf

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