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A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.
Leaders and Leadership
John Milton

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None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.
Passion
Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau

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People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
Endurance
Maria Mitchell

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
Listening
Wilson Mizner

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I have known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, but never had a thought.
Thoughts and Thinking
Wilson Mizner

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I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Doubt
Wilson Mizner

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Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
Contentment
Mohammed

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I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.
Writers and Writing
Moliere

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It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
Responsibility
Moliere

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
Pleasure
Moliere

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I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
Punctuality
Marilyn Monroe

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I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
Punctuality
Marilyn Monroe

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I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Advice
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature.
Dreams
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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How many things served us but yesterday as articles of faith, which today we deem but fables?
Belief
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.
Fear
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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It is not death that alarms me, but dying.
Death and Dying
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Greed
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
Lies and Lying
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.
Memory
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
Custom
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Wisdom
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Satisfaction
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
Freedom
Charles De Montesquieu

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My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it.
Approval
Robert Montgomery

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