“ He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by. ”
- Sir Walter Scott- Copy
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“ Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Athletes need 'freedom of excess'. That is why we gave them this motto a motto for people who dare to try to break records. ”
- Pierre de Coubertin- Copy
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“ The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. ”
- Honore de Balzac- Copy
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“ Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise. ”
- Robert Baden Powell- Copy
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“ Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent… ”
- Calvin Coolidge- Copy
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“ A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
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“ Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case. ”
- Frank Gelett Burgess- Copy
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“ An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. ”
- Friedrich von Schlegel- Copy
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“ Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor. He's got a great slogan - 'Vote for me, or I'll make 'Kindergarten Cop II'. ”
- Craig Kilborn- Copy
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