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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. Andrew Carnegie

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.InheritanceQuotations by Andrew Carnegie

It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone. Saying

It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone.InheritanceQuotations by Saying

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. E. M. Cioran

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.InjusticeQuotations by E. M. Cioran

She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. Else Lanchester

She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else.InnocenceQuotations by Else Lanchester

You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag. Ezra Pound

You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag.InnovationQuotations by Ezra Pound

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.InsanityQuotations by Edgar Allan Poe

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. John Webster

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.InsignificanceQuotations by John Webster

It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. James Russell Lowell

It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.InstinctQuotations by James Russell Lowell

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. Louis Nizer

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.InsultsQuotations by Louis Nizer

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man. Publilius Syrus

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.IntegrityQuotations by Publilius Syrus

A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.Intelligence and IntellectualsQuotations by Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral. Ursula K. Le Guin

He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.Intelligence and IntellectualsQuotations by Ursula K. Le Guin

It’s good to be clever, but not to show it. French Proverb

It’s good to be clever, but not to show it.Intelligence and IntellectualsQuotations by French Proverb

The good are so harsh to the clever, the clever so rude to the good! Elizabeth Wordsworth

The good are so harsh to the clever, the clever so rude to the good!Intelligence and IntellectualsQuotations by Elizabeth Wordsworth

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose. John Gay

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.InterventionQuotations by John Gay

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. Alexis Carrel

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.IntuitionQuotations by Alexis Carrel

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. George Gobel

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.Invention and InventorQuotations by George Gobel

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. Donald Trump

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.InvestmentsQuotations by Donald Trump

We’re all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life! Tennessee Williams

We’re all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!IsolationQuotations by Tennessee Williams

Always remember, Peggy, it’s matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason. Clare Boothe Luce

Always remember, Peggy, it’s matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.JealousyQuotations by Clare Boothe Luce

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind. Mikhail Gorbachev

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.Jesus ChristQuotations by Mikhail Gorbachev

My job is never work — the only time it seems like work is when I’d rather be doing something else. Source Unknown

My job is never work — the only time it seems like work is when I’d rather be doing something else.JobQuotations by Source Unknown

Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does! Heywood Broun

Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does!Journalism and JournalistsQuotations by Heywood Broun

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. Sir James M. Barrie

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.JoyQuotations by Sir James M. Barrie

One joy scatters a hundred grieves. Chinese Proverb

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.JoyQuotations by Chinese Proverb

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Bible

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.Judgment and JudgesQuotations by Bible

Make no judgments where you have no compassion. Anne Mccaffrey

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.Judgment and JudgesQuotations by Anne Mccaffrey

If you would judge, understand. Seneca

If you would judge, understand.Judgment and JudgesQuotations by Seneca

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. Aristotle

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.JusticeQuotations by Aristotle

A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.JusticeQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. Aeschylus

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.KindnessQuotations by Aeschylus

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away. Sir Arthur Helps

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.KindnessQuotations by Sir Arthur Helps

One kind word can warm 3 winter months. Japanese Proverb

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.KindnessQuotations by Japanese Proverb

If your words are soft and sweet, they won’t be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them. Source Unknown

If your words are soft and sweet, they won’t be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them.KindnessQuotations by Source Unknown

Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. (Frederick II) Frederick The Great

Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.KingsQuotations by (Frederick II) Frederick The Great

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