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"To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness." »William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
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"A feverish display of over-zeal, At the first outset, is an obstacle To all success; water, however cold, Will penetrate the ground by slow degrees." »The Hitopadesa
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"Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it." »Niccolo Machiavelli
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"The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom He knows himself but does not display himself He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem." »Lao Tzu
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"One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error." »Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
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"Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter." »LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe
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"Numbers are essential, but not absolutely essential to strength. For many churches are numerically strong but lamentably weak spiritually. Numbers, then, are no display of spiritual power or strength." »W. T. Ussery
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"No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today." »Richard Nixon
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"No one should be judge in his own case." »Publilius Syrus
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"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering." »Richard Buckminster Fuller
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"In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark." »Nicholson Baker
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"What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question" »Gertrude Stein
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"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you." »Mortimer Adler
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"The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest." »Conan Doyle
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"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering." »Arthur C. Clarke
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"Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity." »Barbara Stanwyck
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"I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care." »Dave Barry
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"The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity." »George Stanley McGovern
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"You know why there's a Second Amendment In case the government fails to follow the first one." »Rush Limbaugh
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"In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy." »Legal Proverb
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"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." »Woody Allen
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"Science says that there are many more universes apart from ours. In that case, even when we think universally, we still think locally!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins." »Karl Barth
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"In case you never noticed, the path you never chose has chosen you." »Jason Mraz
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"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." »Woody Allen
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"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands." »Sacha Guitry
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"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception." »Groucho Marx
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""In case you hadn't heard, I'm winning the human race."" »Tom Zegan
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"Ricky Here's 50 bucks, take this in case I get drunk and call you a bitch later." »Made
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"Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case." »Elisha Potter
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