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3,397 Famous Quotes by Unknown
“The mob will now and then see things in a right light.”
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“The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.”
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“The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]”
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“The question is yet before the court.”
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“The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.”
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“The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.”
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“The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.”
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“The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.”
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“There are faults we would fain pardon.”
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“There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.”
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“There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.”
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“There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.”
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“There is no retracing our steps.”
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“There is no such thing as perfect happiness.”
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“There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.”
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“There is room left also for several to bring their friends.”
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“(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.”
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“Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a Tartar]”
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“This is the real secret of all that indignation.”
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“Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.”
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“Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.”
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“'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.”
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“To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.”
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“Trust the rest to the gods.”
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“'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.”
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