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Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
Knowledge
Samuel Johnson

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The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Franklin P. Jones

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There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.
Humor
Joseph Joubert

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Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
Discretion
Junius

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Revolutions and Revolutionaries
John F. Kennedy

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The Silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.
Democracy
Gerhard Kocher

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If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.
Speakers and Speaking
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
Hatred
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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What is reading, but silent conversation.
Books - Reading
Walter Savage Landor

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People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.
Hatred
Jerry Lewis

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Fools and Foolishness
Abraham Lincoln

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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Fights and Fighting
Abraham Lincoln

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He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.
Aphorisms and Epigrams
Thomas B. Macaulay

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Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Books - Reading
Harriet Martineau

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Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
Opportunity
Cotton Mather

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The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Conflict
David O. Mckay

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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
Empire
William Mckinley

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Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
Talent
Owen Meredith

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It is a common seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgments.
Judgment and Judges
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes.
Causes
Brian Moore

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Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.
Repentance
Ogden Nash

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Hidden talent counts for nothing.
Talent
Nero

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'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
Silence
Ovid

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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Planning
George S. Patton

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No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius.
Work
Anna Pavlova

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun