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98 quotesWe lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force.
Complaints and Complaining
Laurence Sterne
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Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
Complaints and Complaining
Jonathan Swift
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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Life and Living
Sir William Temple
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Being is the great explainer.
Existence
Henry David Thoreau
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Language
Lily Tomlin
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I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.
Sarcasm
Mark Twain
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When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Insanity
Mark Twain
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A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
Socializing and Socialism
Source Unknown
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An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain all that he can't see.
Atheism
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Early civilizations complained about still earlier ones, much as we do about both.
Change
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Never explain yourself. Your friend don't need it and your enemies won't believe it.
Explanations
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The less you know about a subject, the longer it takes you to explain it.
Explanations
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The one who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it
Circumstance
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Those who complain about the way the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.
Complaints and Complaining
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What you don't know takes a lot of explaining to the children.
Children
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When handling a customers complaint, remember: If you can't fix it, don't drop it.
Customers
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You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.
Character
Source Unknown
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It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.
Quality
Martin Van Buren
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Complaints and Complaining
Jane Wagner
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I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.
Complaints and Complaining
Joe Walsh
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Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
Manners
Evelyn Waugh
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A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain.
Moralists
Oscar Wilde
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
Cries and Crying
Oscar Wilde
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun