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Edna St. Vincent Millay, "A Few Figs from Thistles", 1920 · John Adams, On his bed, not knowing Jefferson had died only a few hours earlier-July 4th, 1826

A few broken bones won't matter; you are not made of bones but of your will power, wisdom and willingness to keep fighting. – Rahul Katragadda
A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – Albert Einstein
A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress. – Bryant McGill
Be civil to all sociable to many familiar with few friend to one enemy to none. – Benjamin Franklin
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. – Benjamin Franklin
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few. – Amos Bronson Alcott
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few. – Pythagoras
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. – Albert Einstein
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement. – William Shakespeare
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government --and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. – Edward Abbey
I´ve come across a few of them through the years, thought that I got rid of them, Fate wanted otherwise.. – Czon
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. – Aprocrypha
Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. – John Dryden
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires. – Lao Tzu
Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. – J. S. Bryan
Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are. – Niccolo Machiavelli
Never in the course of history, have so many owed so much to so few. – Winston Churchill, Speech about World War II
No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. – Henry Kissinger
Of all the communities available to us there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time. – Albert Einstein
Oil prices will keep breaking new records until other countries move to nuclear and alternative energy sources or we discover massive new reserves and increase production dramatically over the next few years. – Med Jones
One drink is just right two is too many three are too few. – Danish proverb

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