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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
Pettiness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
Capitalism
Abraham Lincoln

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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Walter Lippmann

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When things come to the worse, they generally mend.
Change
Susanna Moodie

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Time is generally the best doctor.
Doctors
Ovid

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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
Fathers
William Penn

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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
Reputation
Pliny The Elder

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The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing.
Charm
Marcel Proust

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The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity.
Habit
Marcel Proust

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Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
Life and Living
Arthur Schopenhauer

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The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
Ideas
Arthur Schopenhauer

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A man generally has the good or ill qualities he attributes to mankind.
Critics and Criticism
William Shenstone

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
Action
Samuel Smiles

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Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Spanish Proverb

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Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
Association
Philip Dormer Stanhope

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The average man's opinions are generally of more value to himself than to anyone else.
Opinions
Source Unknown

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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
Marriage
Queen Victoria

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The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
Taxes and Taxation
Charles Dudley Warner

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Temptation
Mae West

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The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.
Life and Living
Oscar Wilde

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