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Famous Sayings Proverbs and Quotations - 112
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Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.
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Plutarch
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Alain
What is a thousand years Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.
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Albert Camus
What then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared For there to be an equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal, who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him, and who from that moment onward had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.
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Oscar Wilde
Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.
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Proverbs 12:19, The Bible
Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.
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Henry Miller
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
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Carmen Electra
You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it.
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Charles Manson
You can convince anyone of anything if you just push it at them 100% of the time. They may not believe it completely, but they will still use it to form opinions, especially if they have nothing else to draw on.
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William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 3
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
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Tommy Cooper
Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.
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Jonathan Swift
I row after health like a waterman...
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