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    The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

by Confucius Found in: Cowardice Quotes, Right Quotes,
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

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A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

by Stephen Jay Gould Found in: Right Quotes,
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes read more

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Right Quotes,
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Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see read more

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see the right.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Right Quotes,
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For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in read more

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has
this tendency he has a right thus to act.
- Francis Hutcheson,

by Francis Hutcheson Found in: Right Quotes,
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And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.

And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.

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