Great Quotations
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Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Marcus Aelius Aurelius
Remember this, very little is needed to make a happy life.
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are not gains without pains.
Robertson Davies, "Fifth Business"
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
Anthony Burgess
We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.
Helena Rubenstein
There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.
Dr. Seuss
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
Elinor Glyn
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Keith Degreen
You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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