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539 quotesThe poor would never be able to live at all if it were not for the poor.
Poverty and The Poor
George Moore
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A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
Editing and Editors
Marianne Moore
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
Possibilities
John Pierpont Morgan
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There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Success
Christopher Morley
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Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
Retirement
Malcolm Muggeridge
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Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved.
Bereavement
Iris Murdoch
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Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope.
Hope
Ogden Nash
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We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.
Responsibility
Mildred Newman
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The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.
Mistakes
Kimon Nicolaides
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What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.
Mistakes
Friedrich Nietzsche
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A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
Wisdom
Chuck Noll
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Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Learning
Novalis
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To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.
Flirting
Margaret Oliphant
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Today's city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.
Cities and City Life
Martin Oppenheimer
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Will and Will Power
Ovid
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Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.
Work
Parkinson's Law
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All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
Misers and Misery
Blaise Pascal
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Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.
Deeds and Good Deeds
Blaise Pascal
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Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
Wisdom
John Patrick
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Understanding
Norman Vincent Peale
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There will be no peace so long as God remains unseated at the conference table.
God
William M. Peck
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Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
Abstinence
William Penn
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
Friends and Friendship
Samuel Pepys
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Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
Politicians and Politics
Laurence J. Peter
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents shortcomings.
Psychiatry
Laurence J. Peter
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun