Sir Winston Churchill

I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

...For the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies.

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Lord Acton

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

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Enrico Fermi

There's two possible outcomes if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

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Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

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Ellen Glasgow

I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.

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Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

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anonymous

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

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Arnold Palmer

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

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Wystan Hugh Auden

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

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