“ Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
- 122
“ If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking-glass. ”
- Francois Rabelais- Copy
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“ We prefer to avoid men, and to shun the world, in order that we may seek in retirement, the only peace that is possessing, the only happiness which is left us to enjoy. ”
- Lord Acton- Copy
- 578
“ The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but… what we ought to avoid. ”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset- Copy
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“ There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
- 455
“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”
- Emily Bronte- Copy
- 357
“ I'm going to do everything I can to try and craft a compromise that avoids a lengthy trial. ”
- Charles Schumer- Copy
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“ I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it. ”
- Stephen Sondheim- Copy
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“ Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it. ”
- Norah Jones- Copy
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“ Eschew the monumental. Shun the epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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“ Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ”
- Gerald Brenan- Copy
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“ No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. ”
- Andre Maurois- Copy
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