"Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law."

Goldsmith, Oliver on law and lawyers
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"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them."

Hoffer, Eric on self-sabotage
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"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."

Barrie, Sir James M. on happiness
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"Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent."

Churchill, Winston on character
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"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it."

Stone, W. Clement on purpose
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"If you don't program yourself, life will program you!"

Brown, Les on control
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"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government."

Franklin, Benjamin on taxes and taxation   

"Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses."

Mencken, H. L. on democracy   

"Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not."

Shakespeare, William on politics
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"Mighty things from small beginnings grow."

Dryden, John on power
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"While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us."

Franklin, Benjamin on control
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"Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with."

Leighton, Robert on adversity
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"And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. [Mark 10:44]"

Bible on service   

"There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it."

Tocqueville, Alexis De on war   

"Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young."

Canby, Henry S. on teacher   

"Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in."

Reagan, Ronald on status quo
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"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."

Arendt, Hannah on evolution   

"All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance."

Johnson, Samuel on wonder   

"He's the type who makes mountains out of molehills and then sells climbing equipment."

Ball, Ivern on exaggeration
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"The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while."

Einstein, Albert on power
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"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. "

Roosevelt, Theodore on uncategorised
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"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on truth
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"When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist."

Camara, Dom H. on poverty and the poor
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"It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything."

Coty, Rene on understanding
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"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

Frederick The Great, (Frederick II) on kings   

"He liked to like people, therefore people liked him."

Twain, Mark on popularity
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"Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams."

Brown, Les on goals
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"You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."

Ziglar, Zig on attitude
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"A judge is a law student who grades his own papers."

Mencken, H. L. on law and lawyers
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"Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it."

Washington, George on mercy
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"Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes."

Dewar, Thomas Robert on dress
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"The foolish and the dead never change their opinions."

Lowell, James Russell on opinions
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"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

West, Mae on evil
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"Character is power."

Washington, Booker T. on character   

"An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold."

Proverb, Chinese on time
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"Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover."

Burke, Edmund on praise
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"Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it."

Lehrer, Tom on life
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"There's nothing wrong with teenagers that reasoning with them won't aggravate."

Bumper Sticker on youth
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"Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."

Marx, Karl on opportunity
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"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

King Jr. Martin Luther on hell
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