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Small: It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer
"It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer"
William Blackstone, Judge
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Small: The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel ri
William Hazlitt
"The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: Rules and models destroy genius and art
William Hazlitt
"Rules and models destroy genius and art"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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Small: Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast
William Penn
"Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body th
William Penn
"In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any
William Penn
"It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courage
William Penn
"A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
William Penn
"Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works
William Penn
"Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their end
William Penn
"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: Let the people think they govern and they will be governed
William Penn
"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel
William Penn
"Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel"
William Penn, Leader
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Small: Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change
"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him
"The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art
"Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them
"Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: Fear is the mother of foresight
"Fear is the mother of foresight"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king
"Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossibl
"A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
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Small: He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never
Richard Hooker
"He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers"
Richard Hooker, Priest
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Small: Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering
Tom Stoppard
"Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
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Small: Get me inside any boardroom and Ill get any decision I want
Tom Stoppard
"Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
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Small: From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts
Tom Stoppard
"From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
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Small: I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would fo
"I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
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Small: We love peace, but not peace at any price
Douglas William Jerrold
"We love peace, but not peace at any price"
Douglas William Jerrold, Dramatist
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Small: The sharp employ the sharp
Douglas William Jerrold
"The sharp employ the sharp"
Douglas William Jerrold, Dramatist
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Small: Religions in the heart, not in the knees
Douglas William Jerrold
"Religion's in the heart, not in the knees"
Douglas William Jerrold, Dramatist
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Small: Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government
Jeremy Bentham
"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
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Small: Every law is an infraction of liberty
Jeremy Bentham
"Every law is an infraction of liberty"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
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Small: This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well
Victoria Beckham
"This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but were so happy in America I actually cant see us ev
Victoria Beckham
"There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: Im very proud to be British, and my brand is British
Victoria Beckham
"I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: Whats Davids role? David looks good, thats what David does. David looks good, and Im the funny one, thats what
Victoria Beckham
"What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: Im still me even after all thats happened
Victoria Beckham
"I'm still me even after all that's happened"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: Im a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But Im a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visuali
Victoria Beckham
"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: I wake up every morning and I feel like Im juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out
Victoria Beckham
"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15
Victoria Beckham
"I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: I can relax in L.A. I think Im the only person in that town who doesnt want to act. I was an OK singer. I was
Victoria Beckham
"I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details
Victoria Beckham
"I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details"
Victoria Beckham, Musician
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Small: Dont bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals
David Ogilvy
"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals"
David Ogilvy, Businessman
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