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Charles Caleb Colton


There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.

Eduard Sagalaev


The process of creating new, democratic organs of government power is beginning, and, as never before, the greatest responsibility rests with the broadcast media.

John Stuart Mill


Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Gustave Flaubert


A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

Sir Francis Bacon, Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597


Knowledge is power.

Oliver L. North


I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America ever violated an order-not one.

Samuel Johnson


Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev


We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

Larry McMurtry


Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.

Max Percy


The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether.

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