“ O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. ”
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“ Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. ”
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“ Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so it is with autobiography. ”
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“ Everything has two sides — the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn. ”
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“ Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime . Not failure, but low aim is crime. ”
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“ Tyranny over a man is not tyranny: it is rebellion, for man is royal. ”
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“ Man thinksBrutes have no wisdom, since they know not his:Can we divine their world? ”
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“ Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. ”
- Alan Parker- Copy
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“ The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ”
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“ Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surprise. ”
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“ I maintain that cosmic religiousness is the strongest and most noble driving force of scientific research. ”
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“ Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ”
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“ A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. ”
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“ I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. ”
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“ The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. ”
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“ Yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. - King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ”
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“ The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”
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“ You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'. ”
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