Quote #7144
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion,...
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of...
Quote #11627
Brutality creates respect.
Quote #5709
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring...
Quote #11335
Bad news goes about in clogs, Good news in stockinged feet.
Quote #7759
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
Quote #11647
The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it contains until it destroys.
Quote #21124
Like dealing with Dad-all give and no take. (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita...
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Judge: a law student who marks his own papers.
Quote #21608
It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values– the charming little...