Great famous quotes - Page 169

Ability

The winds and the waves are alwa…

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The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Gibbon, Edward

Speech

The wise ones fashioned speech w…

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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. Veda, Rig

Wit

The wit knows that his place is …

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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

Love

The woman cries before the weddi…

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The woman cries before the wedding, the man after. Proverb

Religion

The Word of God is the universal…

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The Word of God is the universal and invisible Light, cognizable by the senses, that emits its blaze in the Sun, Moon, Planets, and other Stars. Pike, Albert

Work

The work an unknown good man has…

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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green Carlyle, Thomas

Change

The work of the world is done on…

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The work of the world is done on hate. All work done well is well done only when persons hate work done shoddily. Justice can exist only when injustice is hated, laws only when lawlessness is hated, and education only when ignorance is hated. Every improvement this world has ever known was brought about because […]

Religion

The world embarrasses me, and I …

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The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. Voltaire

Change

The world goes up and the world …

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The world goes up and the world goes down, And the sunshine follows the rain; And yesterday’s sneer and yesterday’s frown Can never come over again. Kingsley, Charles

Change

The world hates change, yet it i…

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The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. Kettering, Charles F.

World

The world is all a carcass and v…

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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. Feltham, Owen

World

The world is but a perpetual see…

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The world is but a perpetual see-saw. Montaigne, Michel De