“ Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of the body and mind will vanish like the evil spirits at the dawn of the day. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ The chains of habit are generally too weak to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache. ”
- Lewis Carroll- Copy
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“ The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. ”
- John Locke- Copy
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“ So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'tis his at last who says it best. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realize you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. ”
- Fay Weldon- Copy
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“ What is twice read is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ It is very queer, but not the less true, that people are generally quite as vain, or even more so, of their deficiencies than of their available gifts. ”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Copy
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“ Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape. ”
- Austin O’Malley- Copy
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“ Typically, students slide into debt through the extension (by credit card companies) of unaffordable credit lines. ”
- Robert Manning- Copy
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“ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: He that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ Talks as familiarly of roaring lions As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs! - King John. Act ii. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. ”
- Diogenes of Sinope- Copy
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“ A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration. ”
- Kurt Lewin- Copy
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“ All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
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“ In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. ”
- Sir John Lubbock- Copy
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“ Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
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“ Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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