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2041 quotesA marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
Marriage
Queen Victoria
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
Opinions
Queen Victoria
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A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
Theater
Gore Vidal
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I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
Punishment
Gore Vidal
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We were two and had but one heart between us.
Love
Francois de Montcorbier Villon
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Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
Risk
Virgil
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Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
Certainty
Voltaire
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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
God
Voltaire
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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
Government
Voltaire
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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
History and Historians
Voltaire
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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Freedom of Speech
Voltaire
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I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
Law and Lawyers
Voltaire
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In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
Enemies
Voltaire
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It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
Self-love
Voltaire
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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.
Originality
Voltaire
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Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.
Rest
Voltaire
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Death and Dying
Voltaire
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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
Manners
Voltaire
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We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.
People
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
World
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.
Marriage
Peter De Vries
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There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
Parents and Parenting
Peter De Vries
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Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
Success
Denis Waitley
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You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
Responsibility
Denis Waitley
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You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.
Worth
Denis Waitley
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun