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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Thomas Carlyle
Nothing Insight More Terrible Without Than Activity
I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it. Thomas Carlyle
Me People Echo Soon Like Talk Always Tires While Little Much Little While Who Agree Amusing
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. Thomas Carlyle
War Fight Battle Cowardly Own Thieves Too Between Quarrel Two
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. Thomas Carlyle
Good Rights Own Others High Insists Rather Only Remembers Than Gracefully Breeding Good Breeding Differs
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. W. H. Murray
You Genius Power Whatever Dream Magic Begin Boldness
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love. Walter Scott
Love Love Is Men Rules Above Court Saints Camp Heaven Grove Below
Return to your friends and tell them that we came here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, and determined to avenge our own wrongs and set our country free. Let your masters come and attack us: we are ready to meet them beard to beard. William Wallace
Beard Battle Free Country Own Meet Our Tell Determined Attack Come Wrongs Return Masters Ready Came Friends Intent Them Avenge Us Your Peaceful Here Set
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. Adam Smith
People Rich Consists Parade Part Greater Chief Rich People Riches Enjoyment
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. Adam Smith
Money First All Things Purchase Price Labor Paid Original Things
No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money. Adam Smith
Money Complaint Scarcity More Than Common
I do not recognize the right of the public to break in the front door of a man's private life in order to satisfy the gaze of the curious... I do not think it right to dissect living men even for the advancement of science. So far as I am concerned, I prefer a post mortem examination to vivisection without anaesthetics. Alexander Graham Bell
Life Man Science Post Men Living Think Gaze Recognize Examination Advancement Concerned Without Am Private Private Life Curious Front Front Door Order Door Break Public Prefer Far Even Satisfy Right Dissect
The sea complains upon a thousand shores. Alexander Smith
Complains Thousand Shores Sea
We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead. Alexander Smith
Love Grass Weep Over Over It Like Dead Forgetfulness Bury Grows Thing
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. Andrew Carnegie
You Yourself Power Control Assuring Secret Immense Immense Power Born Reverie Affairs Were Acquired Your
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. Andrew Carnegie
Wise Difficult Resolved Distribution More Begin Accumulate Task Infinitely Stop Serious Difficult Task
Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better. Andy Murray
Time Phone Better Guys Having Check Like Liked Most Always Much Watch Watches
I think the '60s was a great time for music, especially for rock and roll. It was the era of The Beatles, of The Stones, and then later on The Who and Zeppelin. But at one point in the '70s, it just kind of became... mellow. Angus Young
Music Time Great Beatles Think Later Mellow Kind Point Great Time Became Rock Rock And Roll Era Roll Stones Just Just Kind The Who Then Who Zeppelin
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss. Anne Grant
Physical Impact Major Does Go Loss Shock Goes Psyche Human Just After Body Human Psyche Trauma
Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges. Annie Lennox
Challenges Trials Hardships Every Our Ancestors Totally About Idea Most Although Waking Essential Us Moment Even Lives
There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. B. C. Forbes
More Driver Truck Truck Driver Executive First-Rate Than Being Satisfaction Credit
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains. Bill Shankly
Garden Down Draw Bottom Were Curtains Everton Playing
I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they're delightful. They all want so little. Billy Connolly
You People Wonderful Speak World Citizen Some People Think Way Some Pretty Delightful Badly Like Just Want Little Themselves
The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. Colin Mochrie
Me People Revenge Gave Would Never Most Make Said Were Influenced Who Thirst
To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive. David Hume
Love Hate Nothing Think See Perceive Feel To Love
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. David Hume
Religion Dangerous Philosophy Those Only Generally Errors Speaking Ridiculous
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. David Hume
Natural Beauty Moral Perceived Properly More Felt Than Whether
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