"We can make mayors and officers every year,……" — Robert Burton
"We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars."
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45 Quotes by Robert Burton
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to…
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has…
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Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental…
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Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the…
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Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations.
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More Every Year Quotes
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The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by…
— Joe Baca
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Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.
— Joe Baca
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
— Bjork
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The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy…
— Lewis Black
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Designers don't put out the same sweater every year. They just keep creating.
— Elayne Boosler
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As a part of the NFL, things change every year.
— Tom Brady
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Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and…
— Louise Brown
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I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year…
— Sandra Bullock
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As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a…
— Jason Aldean
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Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on…
— Richard Cecil
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Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government…
— Chris Chocola
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