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The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors. – Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way. – Henry David Thoreau
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way. – Henry David Thoreau
The character of a man is known from his conversations. – Menander
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation. – William Hutton
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. – Aldous Huxley
The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing. – Marcel Proust
The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. – Thomas Huxley
The chief business of the American people is business. – Calvin Coolidge
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore. – H. L. Mencken
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. – Leo Tolstoy
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust. – Henry Stimson
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust. – Henry L. Stimson
The chief objection of playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player. – George Bernard Shaw
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. – Don Marquis
The chief problem with lower income farmers is poverty. – Nelson Rockefeller
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. – Cyril Northcote Parkinson
The chief proof of mans greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. – Robert Frost
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. – H.L. Mencken
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were. – Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. – Rachel Blanchard
The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day. – John Milton
The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them-thus preserving the system. – Quentin

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