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Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.
Taxes and Taxation
Bernard Berenson

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There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
Truth
Irving Berlin

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The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.
Civil Rights
Georges Bernanos

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Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
Duty
Ambrose Bierce

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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Success
Josh Billings

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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Life and Living
Josh Billings

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If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.
Improvement
Arthur Bloch

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But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
Childhood
Louise Bogan

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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Victory
Napoleon Bonaparte

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When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
Quality
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
Joy
Christian Nevell Bovee

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So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.
Ideas
Dorothea Brande

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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
Goodness
Bertolt Brecht

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Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
Media
Bertolt Brecht

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What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.
Life and Living
Joseph Brodsky

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Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.
Admiration
Rupert Brooke

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Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.
Age and Aging
Captain J. Brown

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It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.
Politicians and Politics
Jerry Brown

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Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made.
Age and Aging
Robert Browning

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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Friends and Friendship
Jean De La Bruyere

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If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.
Protest
Art Buchwald

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Action
Warren Buffett

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Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
Corruption
Edmund Burke

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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Uncategorised
Edmund Burke

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Dignity belongs to the conquered.
Dignity
Kenneth Burke

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