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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales · George Orwell, "1984", first sentence · Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.

It is said an eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words, 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses How chastening in the hour of pride How consoling in the depths of affliction – Abraham Lincoln
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs. – James Grover Thurber
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence? – George Carlin
A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut). – Frank Mankiewicz
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. – Miguel de Cervantes
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds. – Chinese proverb
Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions Let us examine the question. – Aleister Crowley
Fix this sentence: He put the horse before the cart. – Stephen Price
For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it. – Malcom Gladwell
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. – Winston Churchill
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether. – Alfred North Whitehead
I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man he fornicated and read the papers. – Albert Camus
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words And this, too, shall pass away. – Abraham Lincoln
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jean Paul Sartre says that ‘Hell is other people!’ In the name of completing this sentence we must also say this: ‘Heaven is other people too! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. – Horace Mann
The longer and the deeper the thought, the shorter the sentence of wisdom will be. – Mehmet Murat ildan
The most magical key for success is this simple sentence: I can do it! Repeat this in your mind! I can do it! I can do it! I can do it! – Mehmet Murat ildan
The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead. – e. e. cummings, on the death of Warren G. Harding, 1923
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words. – South
The secret of success lies in this simple sentence: Why not? – Mehmet Murat ildan
There is a word that is so old fashioned -- I feel compelled to dust it off just to use it in this sentence -- RECIPROCITY -- the “soul-coal” that stoked many barn raisings, harvests and roundups. – Chase LeBlanc
These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. (describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial) – Jeff Greenfield

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