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539 quotesThe most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
Tyranny
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
Politicians and Politics
George Borrow
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Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
Quotations
Christian Nevell Bovee
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The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.
Originality
Robert Bresson
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The whole idea is to enable you to see mentally the picture at all hours of the day.
Visualization
Claude M. Bristol
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This film is apparently meaningless, but if it has any meaning it is doubtless objectionable.
Censorship
British Board of Film
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The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
Gambling
Heywood Broun
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Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Smile
Les Brown
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
Charity
Sir Thomas Browne
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Since when was genius found respectable?
Genius
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The devil's most devilish when respectable.
Devil
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Bachelor
Jean De La Bruyere
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This great misfortune -- to be incapable of solitude.
Solitude
Jean De La Bruyere
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The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
World
Martin Buber
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The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
Charity
J. S. Buckminster
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God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.
Patriotism
Luis Bunuel
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Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.
Advertising
Leo Burnett
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No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
Love
Robert Burton
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With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
Perseverance
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
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Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
Compatibility
Lord Byron
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Lord Byron
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Oh! too convincing -- dangerously dear -- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
Cries and Crying
Lord Byron
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If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.
Diplomacy
Lord Harold Caccia
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A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.
Humankind
Eileen Caddy
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We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.
Self-sufficiency
John Cage
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun