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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Music
Berthold Auerbach

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Humility
St. Augustine

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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
Life and Living
Marcus Aurelius

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From politics it was an easy step to silence.
Silence
Jane Austen

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To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
Goals
Tracy Austin

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Acorns were good until bread was found.
Improvement
Francis Bacon

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God's first creature, which was light.
Creation
Francis Bacon

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All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was pass? at the time.
Twentieth Century
David Bailey

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In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
Adulthood
Nicholson Baker

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When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Inequality
John Ball

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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
Regret
Lucille Ball

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Eternity -- waste of time.
Eternity
Natalie Clifford Barney

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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
Ask
Bernard M. Baruch

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I wasn't affected by inflation, I had nothing to inflate.
Inflation
Gerald Barzan

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Ten ancient commandments lousing up the fun. Along came prosperity, and then there was none.
Prosperity
Gerald Barzan

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It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
Critics and Criticism
Charles Baudelaire

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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
Devil
Charles Baudelaire

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I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
Failure
Anne Baxter

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Birth was the death of him.
Birth
Samuel Beckett

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There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.
Giving
Henry Ward Beecher

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I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
Colleges and Universities
Sir Max Beerbohm

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She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.
Music
Sir Max Beerbohm

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He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
Sons
Nicolas Bentley

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Committee--a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.
Committees and Meetings
Milton Berle

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Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5]
Birth
Bible

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