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by Honore De Balzac    ( comments )

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is a genuine pleasure.

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by Unknown    ( comments )

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Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it more

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.

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by Samuel Butler    ( comments )

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The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.

The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.

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by George Orwell    ( comments )

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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, more

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

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by William Shakespeare    ( comments )

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[F]ew things loves better
Than to abhor himself-- . . .

[F]ew things loves better
Than to abhor himself-- . . .

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Found in: Abhorrence Quotes

by Christopher D. Furman    ( comments )

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If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.

If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.

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by William Shakespeare    ( comments )

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O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.

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by Lou Holtz    ( comments )

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

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Found in: Ability Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Attitude Quotes

by William Shakespeare    ( comments )

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Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in
erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our more

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in
erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers
had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and
dignity, thou hast built a paper mill.

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Found in: Printing Quotes

by William Shakespeare    ( comments )

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Give you a reason on compulsion! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason more

Give you a reason on compulsion! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.

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by Immanuel Kant    ( comments )

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Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

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Found in: Psychological subjects Quotes


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