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3,397 Famous Quotes by Unknown
“The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.”
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“The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.”
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“The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.”
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“The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.”
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“The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.”
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“The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.”
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“The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.”
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“The way to good conduct is never too late.”
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“The world itself is too small for the covetous.”
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“There is no evil without its compensation.”
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“Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.”
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“Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.”
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“To make a commencement requires a mental effort.”
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“To meditate an injury is to commit one.”
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“To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]”
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“To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.”
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“We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.”
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“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
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“What were vices have become the fashion of the day.”
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“What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.”
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“Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.”
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“When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.”
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“Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he is a man.”
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“Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.”
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“To err is human.”
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