Great short quotes - Page 283

Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765

Wit is so shining a quality that ev…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765 , (1694 – 1773)

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Mark van Doren

Wit is the only wall between us and…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark van Doren ,

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Wit makes its own welcome, and leve…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876 , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876

Wit makes its own welcome, and leve…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876 , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Wit ought to be a glorious treat, l…

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Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade. Great short quote and quotation by: Noel Coward , English actor, dramatist, & songwriter (1899 – 1973)

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Charles Dickens

With affection beaming out of one e…

15 Feb , 2011  

With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Dickens , English novelist (1812 – 1870)

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

With age come the inner, the higher…

15 Feb , 2011  

With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals? Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, O Magazine, October 2003 , US suffragist (1815 – 1902)

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With coarse rice to eat, with water…

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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow – I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer […]

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Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind

With enough courage, you can do wit…

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With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. Great short quote and quotation by: Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind ,

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Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

With every experience, you alone ar…

15 Feb , 2011  

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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Dr. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

With foxes we must play the fox….

15 Feb , 2011  

With foxes we must play the fox. Great short quote and quotation by: Dr. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732 , British physician (1654 – 1734)

Stan Lee, Spider-Man comic

With great power comes great respon…

15 Feb , 2011  

With great power comes great responsibility. Great short quote and quotation by: Stan Lee, Spider-Man comic ,

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