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131 quotesPolitics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Politicians and Politics
Henry Brooks Adams
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice
Henri Frederic Amiel
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The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.
Curiosity
Apocrypha
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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Victory
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
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An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Alvan L. Barach
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No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
Controversy
Lyman Beecher
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Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.
Facts
James Gordon Bennett
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For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
Honor
Bhagavad Gita
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Truth
Josh Billings
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Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.
Experience
Josh Billings
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No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
Writers and Writing
Nicholas Boileau
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What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life.
Colleges and Universities
Horatio Bottomley
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
Pain
Bill Bradley
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It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.
Faces
Julie Burchill
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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
Competition
Daniel Burrus
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When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor.
Injustice
Jane Welsh Carlyle
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The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
Dogs
Winston Churchill
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An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
Epitaphs
Irvin S. Cobb
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Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.
Patriotism
George M. Cohan
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Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin
Frank Moore Colby
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Sea
Joseph Conrad
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Honor
Calvin Coolidge
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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Experts
William Cowper
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Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
Flirting
Quentin Crisp
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Influence
Salvador Dali
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun