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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Diplomacy
[ Walter Bagehot ]
857 votes.

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
Adulthood
[ Nicholson Baker ]
857 votes.

Happiness is an agreeable sensation, arising from contemplating the misery of others.
Happiness
[ Ambrose Bierce ]
857 votes.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Forgiveness
[ Paul Boese ]
857 votes.

We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance.
Life and Living
[ Paul Boese ]
857 votes.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.
Work
[ William Frederick Book ]
857 votes.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Truth
[ Ludwig Borne ]
857 votes.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
Leaders and Leadership
[ Bertolt Brecht ]
857 votes.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Humor
[ Mel Brooks ]
857 votes.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.
Age and Aging
[ Billie Burke ]
857 votes.

As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands.
Ambition
[ Lord Byron ]
857 votes.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Laziness
[ Mortimer Caplan ]
857 votes.

'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
Tact and Tactfulness
[ Miguel De Cervantes ]
857 votes.

God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.
God
[ E. M. Cioran ]
857 votes.

Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness.
Reason
[ E. M. Cioran ]
857 votes.

Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway.
Life and Living
[ Steven Coallier ]
857 votes.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
Suicide
[ Cyril Connolly ]
857 votes.

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
History and Historians
[ Ernest Dimnet ]
857 votes.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
Patience
[ William Faulkner ]
857 votes.

Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings.
Resolution
[ H. R. Haweis ]
857 votes.

The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.
Arms Race
[ Sir Ronald Mason ]
857 votes.

A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.
Loyalty
[ Proverb ]
857 votes.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Growth
[ Edward Abbey ]
856 votes.

La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle.
Uncategorised
[ John Quincy Adams ]
856 votes.

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.
Literary Criticism
[ Walter Benjamin ]
856 votes.

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