“ In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. ”
- Jean Baudrillard- Copy
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“ He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you… ”
- Og Mandino- Copy
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“ Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq. ”
- Christopher Dodd- Copy
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“ How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
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“ Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man. ”
- Kim Campbell- Copy
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“ People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know. ”
- Brooks Atkinson- Copy
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“ Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare.". ”
- C. Northcote Parkinson- Copy
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“ When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man. ”
- Alice Duer Miller- Copy
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“ What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself. ”
- Jean de La Fontaine- Copy
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“ To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
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“ These varied kinds of courage have this in common: darkness, by increasing fear and concealing both gallant and cowardly actions, allows men to spare themselves. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ He who has a thousand friends Has not a friend to spare, While he who has one enemy Shall meet him everywhere. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous. ”
- Kate Moss- Copy
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“ Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know. ”
- Marvin Minsky- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ All censure of a man's self if oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare. ”
- Finley Peter Dunne- Copy
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“ Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call. ”
- Bill Walsh- Copy
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“ If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives the plough to know more of the scriptures than you do. ”
- William Tyndale- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. ”
- George P. Morris- Copy
- 1K
“ Readers who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them all the forelock tugging and teacup tinkling. ”
- Rhoda Koenig- Copy
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