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Small: But how carve way i the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?
"But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
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Small: Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not
"Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
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Small: All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves
"All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
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Small: Every one soon or late comes round by Rome
"Every one soon or late comes round by Rome"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
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Small: Ah, but a mans reach should exceed his grasp, Or whats a heaven for?
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
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Small: You are the architect of your own destiny you are the master of your own fate you are behind the steering whee
Ben Sweetland
"You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your own life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking"
Ben Sweetland, Author
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Small: Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believ
Thomas Jefferson
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think t
Thomas Jefferson
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct
Thomas Jefferson
"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever
Thomas Jefferson
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought o
Thomas Jefferson
"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: The man who knows it cant be done counts the risk, not the reward
Elbert Hubbard
"The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
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Small: The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you
Elbert Hubbard
"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
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Small: A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them
Elbert Hubbard
"A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
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Small: Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he cant see at least ten year
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees
Abraham Lincoln
"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the
Abraham Lincoln
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of t
Abraham Lincoln
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all
Abraham Lincoln
"These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: The ballot is stronger than the bullet
Abraham Lincoln
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven
Jimi Hendrix
"You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
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Small: Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory
Abraham Lincoln
"Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has
Abraham Lincoln
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets
Abraham Lincoln
"Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff
Ambrose Bierce
"The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while
Ambrose Bierce
"Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mothers always a Democrat
Robert Frost
"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
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Small: There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate
Robert Frost
"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity
Robert Frost
"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
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Small: Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always gettin
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
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Small: And now the sequence of events in no particular order
Dan Rather
"And now the sequence of events in no particular order"
Dan Rather, Journalist
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Small: Never eat spinach just before going on the air
Dan Rather
"Never eat spinach just before going on the air"
Dan Rather, Journalist
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Small: The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns
Ralph Nader
"The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
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Small: President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he deman
Ralph Nader
"President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
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Small: The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers
Ralph Nader
"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
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