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- The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)
- Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the draught.
- Dwight W. Morrow
- To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous.
- Johannes Brahms
- If you are not an idealist by the time you are twenty you don't have a heart, but if you are still an idealist by thirty you don't have a head.
- Randolph Bourne
- I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part
- Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
- Laws not enforced cease to be laws, and rights not defended may wither away.
- Thomas Moriarty
- The question, "Who ought to be boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
- I don't understand why people think everything has to have meaning. While painting the Mona Lisa did Leonardo Da Vinci intend for it to have greater meaning than a work of art that he made?
- Devin J. Monroe (1983 - )
- We cannot think unless we are insane.
- Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983)
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