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When money talks, nobody notices wh…

15 Feb , 2011  

When money talks, nobody notices what grammar it uses. Great short quote and quotation by: Anonymous ,

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Thomas Paine, Common Sense

When my country, into which I had j…

15 Feb , 2011  

When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Paine, Common Sense , US patriot & political philosopher (1737 – 1809)

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When my love swears that she is mad…

15 Feb , 2011  

When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

When neither their property nor the…

15 Feb , 2011  

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince , Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher (1469 – 1527)

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Margaret Drabble

When nothing is sure, everything is…

15 Feb , 2011  

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. Great short quote and quotation by: Margaret Drabble ,

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Jacob Riis

When nothing seems to help, I go an…

15 Feb , 2011  

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all […]

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When of a gossiping circle it was a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, “What are they doing?” The answer was, “Swapping lies.” Great short quote and quotation by: Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Irish dramatist & politician (1751 – 1816)

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When once a man has made celebrity …

15 Feb , 2011  

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality. Great short […]

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When once you have tasted flight, y…

15 Feb , 2011  

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Great short quote and quotation by: Leonardo da Vinci , Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 – 1519)

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When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, “Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?”, 1947 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Bertrand Russell

When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and […]

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When one door closes another door o…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexander Graham Bell , US (Scottish-born) inventor (1847 – 1922)

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