"A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times."

Acton, Lord on Procrastination
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"Biography is one of the new terrors of death."

Arbuthnot, John on Biography
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"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."

Arbuthnot, John on Politicians and Politics
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"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."

Alcott, Louisa May on Self-control
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"Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged."

Alcott, Louisa May on Happiness
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"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

Alcott, Louisa May on Friends and Friendship
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"Memory is the mother of all wisdom."

Aeschylus on Memory
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"Too much truth is uncouth."

Adams, Franklin P. on Truth
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"To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice."

Acton, Lord on Satisfaction
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Acton, Lord on Power
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"Law is a bottomless pit."

Arbuthnot, John on Law and Lawyers
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