"A lie does not consist in the indirect……" — Jonathan Swift

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• Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
• There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for… — Charles Babbage
• Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. — Ambrose Bierce
• Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. — Napoleon Bonaparte
• The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of… — Louise Brooks
• Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress. — Coco Chanel
• Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can… — Cesar Chavez
• Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is… — Henri Frederic Amiel
• My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. — Unknown Author
• Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley… — John Playfair
• Of the first philosophers, then, most thought the principles which were of the nature of matter were the only principles… — Mary Hunter Austin
• Learn that urgency in prayer does not so much consist in vehement pleading, as in vehement believing. He that believes… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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