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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. -Richter, Jean Paul
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"It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window." – Raymond Chandler
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It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. -Thomas Carlyle
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. -Thomas Carlyle
I have tamed men of iron in my day, shall I not easily crush these men of butter? -Ferdinand Alvarez De Toledo, Duke of Alba
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Only the shallow know themselves. -Wilde, Oscar
Only the shallow know themselves. -Wilde, Oscar
We can learn from history on condition that we understand it is history. -Kaplan, Roger
We can learn from history on condition that we understand it is history. -Kaplan, Roger
"We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people." – Dwight L. Moody
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Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. -George Eliot
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. -George Eliot
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. -Charles W. Chesnutt
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. -Charles W. Chesnutt