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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has travelled is the worst. – Kin Hubbard
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. – Aristotle
Of all the warning sounds that animals make, I think the one that's the least effective on me is a kind of clicking noise. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train. – Buddha
Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. – Clive Staples Lewis
Of all tyrannies democracy is the most agonizing, the most inane, the absolute fall of everything great and elevated. – Søren Kierkegaard, Journal 1848
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. – Mary Catherine Bateson
Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable. – Evelyn Waugh
Of course God's forgiving and kind. It takes a supernatural being to be capable of such a thing. – Ahmed Korayem
Of course I believe that solipsism is the correct philosophy, but that's only one man's opinion. – Melvin Fitting
Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles. – Dorothy DeBolt
Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show. – David Gerrold
Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you - if you don't play, you can't win. – Robert A. Heinlein
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. – Arthur Rubinstein
Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done. – A. E. Hotchner
Of course we can keep this going, in principle, forever. In practice we will keel over from exhaustion, boredom, or death. – David Adger, Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact. – Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking. – R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery. – Gore Vidal
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. – Kahlil Gibran
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. – Homer
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy. – Euripides
Of my friends, I am the only one I have left. – Terence
Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal. – Sophocles
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure. – George Melton

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