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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Modesty
Joseph Addison

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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Fame
Alexander The Great

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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
Skepticism
Woody Allen

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
Action
Hannah Arendt

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
Confidence
Aristotle

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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Education
Aristotle

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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
Colleges and Universities
Matthew Arnold

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Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl.
Compatibility
Daisy Ashford

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
Names
W. H. Auden

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Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Learning
Francis Bacon

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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
Theater
Enid Bagnold

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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
Repentance
Henry Ward Beecher

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A good name is better than precious ointment. [Ecclesiastes 7:1]
Reputation
Bible

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The desire of our soul is to they name, and to the remembrance of thee. [Isaiah 26:8]
Desire
Bible

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The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. [Job 1:21]
Power
Bible

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
Patriotism
Ambrose Bierce

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Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.
Swearing
Ambrose Bierce

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You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.
Names
Deborah Boliver Boehm

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You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.
Stardom
Humphrey Bogart

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A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services.
Fame
Daniel J. Boorstin

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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
Fate
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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If I could remember your name, I'd ask you where I left my keys.
Memory
Bumper Sticker

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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in it.
Books - Reading
Lord Byron

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I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
Honor
Julius Caesar

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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
Names
Chinese Proverb

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