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Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Speech, 1941, Harrow School
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
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True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.: Hugh Blair
Nonsense and noise will oft prevail, when honour and affection fail.: William Lloyd
Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense.: Theocritus of Chios (310 BC - 250 BC)
You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities, and deciding, by the powers of common sense, on which side the truth is.: Sir William Draper
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Speech, September 22, 1936
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I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
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Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
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