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561 quotesThe mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
Books - Reading
William Dean Howells
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Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Character
Elbert Hubbard
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
Decisions
Elbert Hubbard
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Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
Secrets
Elbert Hubbard
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Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
Compromise
Howard Hughes
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
Thoughts and Thinking
David Hume
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Most human beings have an infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Apathy
Aldous Huxley
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
Life and Living
William James
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Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
Life and Living
Thomas Jefferson
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Liberty
Thomas Jefferson
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All things grow with time -- except grief.
Grief
Jewish Proverb
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
Mistakes
Billy Joel
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The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.
Mind
Johnson
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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.
Planning
Samuel Johnson
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Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.
Reform
Samuel Johnson
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You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Children
Franklin P. Jones
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To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Speakers and Speaking
Ben Jonson
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Expectation
Michael Jordan
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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
Achievement
Benjamin Jowett
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It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
Perspective
Carl Jung
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All things may be bought in Rome with money.
Cities and City Life
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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The people long eagerly for just two things. Bread and circuses.
People
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
Sports
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Change
Alphonse Karr
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Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
Vision
Herbert Kaufman
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun