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William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2
I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.
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Bette-Jane Raphael
Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: the chances are he will not use it wisely.
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George Bernard Shaw
We don't stop playing because we grow old we grow old because we stop playing.
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Geoffrey Gorer
The trouble with my wife is that she is a whore in the kitchen and a cook in the bed.
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Thomas Jefferson
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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W. Somerset Maugham
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous -- on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.
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Charles Simmons
Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.
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Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence.
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Phyllis Diller
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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Sam James Ervin, Jr.
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
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Kahlil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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Bruce Marton
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.
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