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Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… — Samuel Johnson
Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway… — Felix Frankfurter
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts… — Thomas Jefferson
The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for… — Shana Alexander
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that… — Stephen Covey
Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in 'Do unto others… — Jane Fonda
Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to… — Thomas Carlyle
All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter — Joseph Addison
There is no fence or hedge round time that has gone. You can go back and have what you like if you remember it well… — Richard Llewellyn
What a weird thing smoking is and I can't stop it. I feel cosy, have a sense of well-being when I'm smoking, poisoning myself, killing… — Russell Hoban
The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
Do well and right and let the world sink. — George Herbert
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in… — Charles Dickens
Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case… — Calvin Trillin
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a… — Art Linkletter
Well, I have considered myself to be very fortunate in that I have been able to do mostly only that which my inner self told… — Albert Einstein
Power is what they want, not candy-power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied. — Richard Koch
The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It's simple: to master money, you must manage… — T. Harv Eker
Rich people work hard and believe it's perfectly appropriate to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide for others. Poor people… — T. Harv Eker
The "progressives" who today masquerade as "liberals" may rant against "fascism"; yet it is their policy that paves the way for Hitlerism. Nothing could have… — Ludwig von Mises
The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are not the outcome… — Ludwig von Mises
As you may have heard, the U.S. is putting together a constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? Think about it -… — Jay Leno

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