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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Edmund Burke
Government Every Benefit Virtue Indeed Compromise Prudent Human Act Barter Founded Enjoyment
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. Edmund Burke
Art Nothing Shadows Poetry Existence Lending
I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together. Genevieve O'Reilly
Love Good Family Together Cooking Like Sure Real Being Cook Good Cook Expression Thing
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. George Bernard Shaw
You People Will Other Corner Rush Head Smallest Opinions Leave Quarters Your Moment Vacant
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw
Life Heart Other Contains Tragedies Get Your Desire Two
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. George Bernard Shaw
Best Honesty Honesty Is World Before Honestly Our Say Must Make Policy Am The Best Policy Afraid Children Honest
Every man over forty is a scoundrel. George Bernard Shaw
Man Age Every Over Scoundrel Forty Every Man
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw
Food Animals Eat Friends
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. George Bernard Shaw
Time Matter Poverty Rich Society Questions Social Poor Your Waste
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. George Bernard Shaw
Logical Censorship Books Completeness Except Allowed Nobody Read Reads Any Ends
Social media is an advertisement for the superficial extroverted self. Hozier
Social Media Extroverted Superficial Self Advertisement Social Media
I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. Hozier
Music Gospel Music Drawn Gospel Rock Always Rock And Roll Roll African-American Roots Foundation
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. James Joyce
Me Those Battles Inspired Obvious Forehead Material Were Won Behind Your Fought
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. John Philpot Curran
God Man Liberty Hath Given Condition God Hath Which Eternal Eternal Vigilance Vigilance
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. Jonathan Swift
Politics Word Nothing Corruptions Understood Commonly
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. Jonathan Swift
Best Doctor World Doctors Quiet Diet
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift
Nothing Others Those Abound Conceive How Want Riches Hard Who
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift
Mistake Too London Kingdom Folly Echo Voice Many
It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. Kenneth Branagh
Love You Strange People Cruel Most Very Often
How many times do you read about 'the Cinderella story,' the story of the underdog, the story of the ordinary human being, often subjected to cruelty and ignorance and neglect, who somehow triumphs? Kenneth Branagh
You Ignorance Human Being Cruelty Cinderella Neglect About Somehow Triumphs Underdog Read How How Many Times Subjected Times Often Human Being Ordinary Story Who Many
I consider myself pro-life, as I accept that the unborn is a human life with rights, and I do not support abortion on request or on demand. Leo Varadkar
Life Myself Rights Abortion Consider Unborn Support Demand Accept Pro-Life Human Request Human Life
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. Marguerite Gardiner
Happiness Consists Having Content Being Being Content Little Much
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith
Life You Better Preach Than Lips Your Sermon
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it. Oliver Goldsmith
Champion Every Absurdity Defend
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. Oscar Wilde
Work Man Woman Face His Autobiography Fiction Her
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. Oscar Wilde
Sad Nowadays Sad Thing Very Information Little Useless Thing
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