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"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction." Miscellaneous 4.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"Genius - To know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things." Genius, Knowledge, Learning 4.66 average rating Rate this Quote
"History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools." Age, Death, History 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessed unworthy." Law, Sin 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." Miscellaneous 4.50 average rating Rate this Quote
"Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." Knowledge, Wisdom Rate this Quote
"Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion." Faith, Lies, Men Rate this Quote
"Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure." Men 2.66 average rating Rate this Quote
"Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another." Miscellaneous 4.50 average rating Rate this Quote
"The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity." Age 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"This ONLY is denied God: The power to undo the past." History, Power 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me." Miscellaneous 4.50 average rating Rate this Quote
"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." Ability, Criticism 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another." Evil, Excellence, Good 4.00 average rating Rate this Quote
"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over." Knowledge, Wisdom 5.00 average rating Rate this Quote


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