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- The extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speed.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, sc. 2
- The advancement of the arts from year to year taxes our credulity, and seems to presage the arrival of that period when human improvement must end.
- Henry L. Ellsworth, U.S. commissioner of patents, Annual Report, 1843
- No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in the hearts of many.
- Henry Kissinger (1923 - ), Speech to Boston World Affaires Council
- When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered yes-- remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education-- make them hunters.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Our hearts can deceive us. Our hearts cannot reason. They cannot judge a man's character. All they can do is see a man and think, 'There is a fine specimen. He is handsome and attentive. He will father healthy children.' It is only our mind that we can trust. Our mind can catch him in lies. Our mind can fathom his honesty and honor.
- Laura Moncur (1969 - ), The Secret Heart of Charlotte Lucas, 2014
- Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.
- Cindy Lew
- The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts.
- Paul Erlich
- Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
- Learned Hand, jurist
- The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
- It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
- Addison Walker
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