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It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Education
Albert Einstein

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.
Instinct
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Greatness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Common Sense
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
Time and Time Management
Euripides

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Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
Complaints and Complaining
Francois FeNelon

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Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort.
Equality
Rubye Fields

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Let's face it, there are no plain women on television.
Television
Anna Ford

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Never complain. Never explain.
Complaints and Complaining
Henry Ford

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Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
Ambiguity
Benjamin Franklin

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Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
Complaints and Complaining
Benjamin Franklin

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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Life and Living
Thomas Fuller

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It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.
Passion
Oliver Goldsmith

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Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.
Patience
George Granville

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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
Law and Lawyers
Edward F. Halifax

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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
Beauty
Edward F. Halifax

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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Presentation
Ira Hayes

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Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
Complaints and Complaining
Benny Hill

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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
Complaints and Complaining
Lou Holtz

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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
Complaints and Complaining
Horace

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Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Explanations
Elbert Hubbard

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Never Explainyour Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway
Uncategorised
Elbert Hubbard

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To hear complaints is tiresome to the miserable and the happy.
Complaints and Complaining
Johnson

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He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
Wit
Samuel Johnson

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Complaints and Complaining
Samuel Johnson

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