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96 quotesDo not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.
Examinations
W. C. Sellar
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Danger
Seneca
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If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Failure
Seneca
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Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
Masses
Seneca
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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth good us on to sin to loving virtue.
Temptation
William Shakespeare
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Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Marriage
George Bernard Shaw
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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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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Law and Lawyers
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love.
Antipathy
J. August Strindberg
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
Familiarity
Publilius Syrus
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Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
Glory
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
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Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.
Familiarity
Mark Twain
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Coward and Cowardice
Mark Twain
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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
Arts and Artists
Source Unknown
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The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces
Success
Source Unknown
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There is merit in the attempt, and a whole lot accomplished along the way.
Trying
Source Unknown
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Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt.
Knowledge
William Van Horne
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Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.
Ritual
Derek Walcott
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Temptation
Mae West
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
Temptation
Oscar Wilde
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I can resist everything except temptation.
Temptation
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