| "There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the general rule." »Samuel Butler |
| "Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others." »Edward Abbey |
| "To keep the fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart -- about a finger's breadth -- for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule." »Marnie Reed Crowell |
| "Actions have consequences...first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions." »Holly Lisle |
| "They should rule who are able to rule best." »Aristotle |
| "Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything." »W. Clement Stone |
| "Nature provides exceptions to every rule." »Margaret Fuller |
| "Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances." »Euripides |
| "Here's a rule I recommend Never practice two vices at once." »Tallulah Bankhead |
| "The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you." »Katharine Whitehorn |
| "An unpopular rule is never long maintained." »Seneca |
| "He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind." »German proverb |
| "The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon." »Amy Vanderbilt |
| "The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts." »Paul Erlich |
| "I leave this rule for others when I'm dead, Be always sure you're right--then go ahead." »Davy Crockett |
| "As a rule it was the pleasure haters that became unjust." »Wystan Hugh Auden |
| "The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule." »Albert Einstein |
| "Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men." »Mortimer Adler |
| "As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see." »Richard Bach |
| "Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head." »Andy Rooney |
| "As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life." »Benjamin Disraeli |
| "Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight always try to be a little kinder than is necessary." »James Barrie |
| "The rule is perfect in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane." »Mark Twain |
| "Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative." »John Dryden |
| "Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady." »Francois de La Rochefoucauld |
| "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." »Harper Lee |
| "Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems." »Rene Descartes |
| "There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect." »Henry David Thoreau |
| "Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| "rule three hundred of obscure leadership if it's your idea, you get to implement it." »Leland Exton Modesitt, Jr. |
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