“ What is twice read is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- 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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“ Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'tis his at last who says it best. ”
- James Russell Lowell- 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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“ 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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“ So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else. ”
- Martin Luther- 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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“ 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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“ Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. ”
- William Shakespeare- 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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“ Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. ”
- Samuel Adams- Copy
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“ Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is the resolute acceptance of death. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
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“ Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction. Double description is better than one. ”
- Gregory Bateson- Copy
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“ Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. ”
- Humphry Davy- Copy
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“ Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one. ”
- Pope John XXIII- Copy
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“ Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization. ”
- Jon Bentley- 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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“ The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity. ”
- Marcel Proust- Copy
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“ Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne. ”
- John King- Copy
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“ Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546. ”
- John Heywood- Copy
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“ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing. - The Friends of Voltaire. ”
- S. G. Tallentyre- Copy
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“ In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. ”
- Gustav Mahler- Copy
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“ I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "Science Fiction" and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal. ”
- Kurt Vonnegut- Copy
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“ Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
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“ The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. ”
- Quintilian- Copy
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“ The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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