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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein
Science Stupidity Universe About Only Sure Infinite Human Former Things Two
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
Men Superior Nothing Lies Self Nobility Noble True Fellow Fellow Men Being Former Your
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day Together Equality Will Sit One Day Dream Table Able Brotherhood Sons Red Hills Georgia Owners Former Slave Slaves
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. Karl Kraus
Corruption Country Worse Latter Entire Invariably Morals Individual Endanger Than Former Might
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. Frank Lloyd Wright
Life Change Arrogance Seen Humility No Reason Had Hypocritical Between Former Choose Reason Chose Early Honest
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Hippocrates
Knowledge Ignorance Science Latter Fact Opinion Begets In Fact Former Things Two
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. Blaise Pascal
God Faith Gift Latter Proof Human Different Former
As a former Airman First Class in the United States Air Force, like many veterans in America, my military experience played an important part in instilling in me a sense of character and discipline that has served me throughout my life. Chuck Norris
Life Character Me Class Air Force Experience Discipline Veterans My Life First Important Sense Military Air States Throughout Part Instilling First Class Like Force Important Part America Former Many United United States Served Played
I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost - and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along. Walter Cronkite
War Mistake Remember Lost Defense Secretary Lies Admitted He Knew Along Robert Were Covered Years Shock Ended After Former Vietnam Vietnam War Twenty Lives
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come. Epicurus
Wisdom Time Good Age Good Things Grace Fear Old No Fear Young Ought Alike Latter Has-Been Seek Both He Over Come Him Because Been Same May Same Time Order Which While Former Things
I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living. St. Jerome
Me Son Father Living Entrusted Knees Put Am Fallen Begun Former Prodigal Who Away Wasted Portion
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. Alexandre Dumas
Love Together Pure Latter Pure Love Makes Exit Suspicion Dwell Where Door Cannot Former
The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States. A. Philip Randolph
Financial Political Power Master Control Resources Franchise States Financial Resources Economic Football Between Adventurers Over Contest His Northern Short Tax Gain Former Newly Organized Float Award Slave Basis Bonds
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. Diogenes
Good Needs Man Matter Enemies Good Friends Latter Ardent Take Him Self-Preservation Friends Man Needs Task Former
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason. Immanuel Kant
Good Good And Evil Evil Those Latter Object Objects Only Also Practical Principle According Former Meant Reason Therefore Shunned Necessarily Desired
Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a thug. He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a credible election. Mitch McConnell
People Thug Election Consider Way Would He Putin Most Former Agent Elected Credible
(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. Tallulah Bankhead
Time You Wait Car Thought First Lover Seeing First Time Years Former
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. Democritus
Trust Worth Men Mark Latter Silly Course Prudence Former
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug. Jim Garrison
Heart CIA People Conspiracy Face Employees President Rug Admit Could Beating Attempted Had Up American Stopped Former Agency American People Sweep Assassinate Moment Whole Kennedy
The people no longer has confidence in its former protectors, now its exploiters and executioners. The masks have fallen. Jose Rizal
Confidence People Masks Longer Protector Fallen Former Now
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Worth Men Valid Furnish Latter More Idea New Command Than Fewer Former Regiment
As a former NFL player, I am one American who will have nothing to do with any NFL Team that cannot find the corporate courage to stand for the millions of courageous past great Americans whose sacrifice gave meaning to our flag and national anthem and to the millions upon millions who still dream to come to its free shores. Burgess Owens
Great Courage Will Free Sacrifice National Past Nothing Gave Our Corporate Dream Find Come Courageous Am Still Anthem National Anthem American Flag Any Shores Cannot Former Meaning Stand Team Who Whose Player Millions
I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated. Charles Krauthammer
Red Red Sox Sox Fan Former Fully Now
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. David Brin
Privacy People Accountability Else Everyone Everyone Else Latter Demand Always Former Themselves
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America. Eldridge Cleaver
Hope Myself Man Change Racism Young Other Muslims Could Like Malcolm Malcolm X America Former Then Whites
In 2008, Senator John McCain forbid his staff from using an ad that referred to his opponent Barack Obama's inflammatory former pastor Jeremiah Wright or from raising that issue in any other way. He believed it was a sneaky way to use Obama's race against him. John Dickerson
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