"Gain not base gains; base gains are the…" — Hesiod

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• Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle
• Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed. — Neil Armstrong
• The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in… — Norman Ralph Augustine
• The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round… — Scott Adams
• I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan… — Kate Beckinsale
• All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. — Max Beerbohm
• Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and… — Ezra Taft Benson
• If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not… — Lewis Black
• Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. — William Blake
• 'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base. — Mary J. Blige
• Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven… — Johannes Brahms
• It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority,… — Giordano Bruno

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