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"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding." Sir Francis Bacon 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator." Sir Francis Bacon 4.9500 average rating Rate this Quote
"Perhaps each life has one sensational thought, if acted upon will bring great meaning." Michael R. Baer 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." Walter Bagehot 4.9231 average rating Rate this Quote
"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea." Walter Bagehot 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements." Pearl Bailey 4.6364 average rating Rate this Quote
"He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men." Honoré de Balzac 3.6667 average rating Rate this Quote
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." Honoré de Balzac 4.2917 average rating Rate this Quote
"He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men." Honoré de Balzac Rate this Quote
"Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary." Maurice Baring 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God." Albert Coombs Barnes 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master." P(hineas) T(aylor) Barnum 4.7000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is." Sir James Matthew Barrie 3.7143 average rating Rate this Quote
"I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me." Dave Barry 4.9091 average rating Rate this Quote
"The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive." Orlando A. Battista 4.5455 average rating Rate this Quote
"We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are...Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not the taking and holding, but in doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good to get justice, but better to do it; fun to have things but more to make them. The happy man is he who lives the life of love, not for the honors it may bring, but for the life itself." R. J. Baughan 4.5417 average rating Rate this Quote
"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence." Charles Austin Beard 4.6923 average rating Rate this Quote
"Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies." Romare Beardon 3.6667 average rating Rate this Quote
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength." Henry Ward Beecher 4.7077 average rating Rate this Quote
"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree." Alexander Graham Bell 4.8571 average rating Rate this Quote
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