"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."

Baruch, Bernard M. on voting
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"If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity."

Wilde, Oscar on monuments   

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."

Proverb, Spanish on gossip
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"Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on trust
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"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"

Smith, Adam on happiness   

"Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers."

Maugham, W. Somerset on perfection
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"Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important."

Hoffman, Lisa on love
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"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that."

Mill, John Stuart on knowledge
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"Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others."

Bryan, William Jennings on civil rights   

"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

Luther, Martin on eternity
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"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."

Durant, William J. on country
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"We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time."

Smith, F. Marion on facts   

"I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry."

Bleasdale, Alan on age and aging   

"Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. "

Franklin, Benjamin on uncategorised
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"I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign."

West, Mae on men
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"Of course God will forgive me; that's His job."

Heine, Heinrich on forgiveness
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"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live"

Thompson, Dorothy on fear
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"There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus."

Twain, Mark on speakers and speaking
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"An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself."

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y on unemployment
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work."

Edison, Thomas A. on failure
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"Friends come and go but enemies accumulate."

Bloch, Arthur on friends and friendship
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"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

Russell, Utterly on truth
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"By seeking and blundering we learn."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on research
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"If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be research."

Einstein, Albert on research
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"What is research, but a blind date with knowledge."

Henry, William on research
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"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."

Wilde, Oscar on faces
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"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that."

Bacall, Lauren on faces
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"A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!"

Fielding, Henry on faces   

"A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar."

Franklin, Benjamin on tact and tactfulness
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"Tact is after all a kind of mind reading."

Jewett, Sarah Orne on tact and tactfulness
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"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

Lincoln, Abraham on tact and tactfulness
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"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

Newton, Howard W. on tact and tactfulness
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"The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."

Disraeli, Benjamin on politics
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

Wooden, John on character
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"The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."

Rowland, Helen on opportunity
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"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

Wilde, Oscar on education
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"You can't pray a lie."

Twain, Mark on prayer
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"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

Frost, Robert on power
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"Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain."

Cook, Robert A. on complaints and complaining
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"The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?"

Gatty, Margaret on conflict
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