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There never was a good war or a bad peace.
Peace
Benjamin Franklin

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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Greatness
Benjamin Franklin

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Where id was, there shall ego be.
Maturity
Sigmund Freud

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What was once thought can never be unthought.
Thoughts and Thinking
Carl J. Friedrich

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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Reason
Robert Frost

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There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
Heart
Robert Frost

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Men in earnest have no time to waste in patching fig leaves for the naked truth.
Truth
Max Fuller

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Willful waste brings woeful want.
Waste
Thomas Fuller

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Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5, 000 Gideon Bibles.
Divorce
Zsa Zsa Gabor

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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
Acting and Actors
Judy Garland

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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomacy
David Lloyd George

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I was never less alone than when by myself.
Loneliness
Edward Gibbon

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My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
Pride
W. S. Gilbert

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He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington]
History and Historians
William E. Gladstone

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The doctor found, when she was dead, her last disorder mortal.
Doctors
Oliver Goldsmith

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Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.
Jesus Christ
Mikhail Gorbachev

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I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.
Bosses and Employees
John Gotti

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If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter.
Bosses and Employees
Albert A. Grant

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Who ceases to be a friend never was one.
Friends and Friendship
Greek Proverb

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I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
Politicians and Politics
Horace Greeley

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His hilarity was like a scream from a crevasse.
Jokes and Jokers
Graham Greene

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Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
Ridicule
Franz Grillparzer

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Washington is a city of people doing badly what should not be done at all.
Cities and City Life
Robert Gurney

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Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted
Love
Arlo Guthrie

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Thank you for sending me a copy of your book -- I'll waste no time reading it.
Books - Reading
Moses Hadas

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