“ The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa — slightly off balance. ”
- Prince of Wales Charles- Copy
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“ Peace has her victories which are no less renowned than war. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ I made this letter very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
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“ These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of the times. ”
- Bible- Copy
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“ It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove. ”
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry- Copy
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“ Men take more pains to mask than to mend. Games lubricate the body and the mind. Observe all men, thyself most. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ”
- Lucille Ball- Copy
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“ To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. ”
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Copy
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“ Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses. ”
- Pablo Neruda- Copy
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“ Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude Towards her deserved children is enrolled In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam Should now eat up her own! ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly considered the parent of misery. ”
- C. C. Colton- Copy
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“ Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valor, liberty and virtue, Displays distinguished merit, is a noble Of Nature's own creating. ”
- James Thomson- Copy
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“ Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster. - King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. ”
- Napoleon Hill- Copy
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“ The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter. ”
- Adam Clarke- Copy
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“ A picture is worth a thousand words but it takes 3,000 times the disk space. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke.". ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of the times. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. ”
- Kazuo Ishiguro- Copy
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