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To be absolutely certain about some…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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To be clever enough to get a great …

13 Oct , 2011  

To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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To be conscious that we are perceiv…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics , Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

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To be content with what one has is …

13 Oct , 2011  

To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

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To be conservative at 20 is heartle…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Winston Churchill , British politician (1874 – 1965)

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To be exempt from the passions with…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. Great short quote and quotation by: Joseph Addison , English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 – 1719)

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To be feared is much safer then to …

13 Oct , 2011  

To be feared is much safer then to be loved. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince , Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher (1469 – 1527)

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To be feared is to fear: no one has…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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To be free it is not enough to beat…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day. Great short quote and quotation by: Anonymous ,

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To be good, we must do good; and by…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power. Great short quote and quotation by: Tryon Edwards , (1809 – 1894)

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To be good, according to the vulgar…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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To be great is to be misunderstood….

13 Oct , 2011  

To be great is to be misunderstood. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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