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Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Politicians and Politics
Henry Brooks Adams

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Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
President
Henry Brooks Adams

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Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.
Creativity
Alfonso X

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I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
Woody Allen

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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice
Henri Frederic Amiel

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The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.
Curiosity
Apocrypha

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One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.
Uncategorised
Aristotle

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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Victory
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
Envy
Francis Bacon

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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
Progress
Walter Bagehot

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I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
Tallulah Bankhead

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An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Alvan L. Barach

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I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Travel and Tourism
Sir Thomas Beecham

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No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
Controversy
Lyman Beecher

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Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.
Facts
James Gordon Bennett

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For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
Honor
Bhagavad Gita

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I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Travel and Tourism
Bible

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Truth
Josh Billings

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Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.
Experience
Josh Billings

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No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
Writers and Writing
Nicholas Boileau

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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Battles
Napoleon Bonaparte

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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
Confusion
Daniel Boone

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What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life.
Colleges and Universities
Horatio Bottomley

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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
Pain
Bill Bradley

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Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
Impossibility
Louis D. Brandeis

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