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As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether thy be wise or foolish


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DEMOSTHENES As a vessel is known by its sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches ...
DEMOSTHENES Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
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PAUL WARBURG A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill
PERICLES Why live for tomorrow like a fool when tomorrow is not here yet.Live for the day like a wise individ...
GARY F EVANS... Whether touched by happiness or sorrow wise people never appear elated or depressed.
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies
CHINESE PROVERBS The single best indicator of whether or not a child is going to be in poverty or not is whether or n...
BILL FLORES To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
PERICLES Simply by watching them, you can't know whether whales are male or female, their age, whether they a...
HIDEKI MORONUKI Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made ...
THEODORE WHITE Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or mad...
THEODORE H WHITE Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made ...
THEODORE H. WHITE Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not or whether it's positive or negat...
ROB LIANO Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and wha...
JOHN STUART MILL Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it profes...
JOHN STUART MILL To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as...
WALTER LIPPMANN Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN It can't be known whether the disease is bird flu or not before the test result is announced in Anka...
HUSEYIN AVNI SAHIN Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
GHOSE AUROBINDO The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly...
DONALD RUMSFELD The Herondales are a rather infamous line, as you probably know. Many of them heroes, some of them t...
CASSANDRA CLARE Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel fro...
ARTHUR HELPS Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the we...
JOHN RUSKIN And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to...
PLATO I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided b...
ELIZABETH GEORGE These violations and breaches, whether by the SLA or the Arab militias or indeed by the government f...
BABA GANA KINGIBE The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort the...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou know not whether s...
COMPTON GAGE In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whet...
BIBLE It is not known precisely where angels dwell -- whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has...
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) It is not known precisely where angels dwell -- whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has...
VOLTAIRE all human work (especially excellent work), done by all people, as a channel of God’s love for his...
TIMOTHY J. KELLER You are measured by whether you take personal accountability, or not.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
TACITUS Men have nothing in common with me--there is no point of contact; they have foolish little feelings ...
MARK TWAIN Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, b...
ARTHUR KEITH Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
GAUTAMA BUDDHA You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his que...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ We have no comment as to whether or not we are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
KAREN RUGEN How these next several months play out will determine whether or not these institutions make it or n...
DAVID WARREN It's a race against time over whether the Bush administration will be able to administer the act mor...
JACK JENNINGS You are always surrounded by wonder, whether you realise this or not.
STEVEN REDHEAD Emotion is created by a cause, whether that cause is factual or imaginary does not matter, as longer...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpi...
NADIA BOULANGER It makes a difference, doesn't it, whether we fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by th...
E.M. FORSTER So the days pass, and I ask myself whether one is not hypnotized, as a child by a silver globe, by l...
VIRGINIA WOOLF It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has no...
VOLTAIRE Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.
AMISH TRIPATHI I’m nothing great. But I’m a rose… I’m a rose whether I’m admired or not, I’m a rose whe...
SERDAR ÖZKAN Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what...
PLATO There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil ...
EVANGELINE LILLY Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent.
JAMES WARBURG It should never be forgotten that, in the struggle between the nations, it is in the interest of eac...
ANTONIO GRAMSCI The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
GEORGE WASHINGTON True greatness is measured by whether or not a man fulfils his purpose on earth. True greatness is n...
CLEMENT OGEDEGBE Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal ju...
BILL SCOTT A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
ALBERT EINSTEIN A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
JOE NAMATH To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whe...
BENJAMIN HARRISON We went case by case and child by child. Each child is different and you have to know your child, th...
DENNIS BRINSON Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to ext...
WENDELL WILLKIE In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that h...
DOMINIC COOPER I think you have to look at the totality of it as to whether or not it's a legitimate threat or whet...
JOHN MARTIN I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everyt...
VENUS WILLIAMS The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it...
TED DANSON For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down...
JOHANNES TAULER Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whe...
A.A. PATAWARAN Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
JAMES CASH PENNEY That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Re...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. G...
WILLIAM BLAKE Whether the investigations are civilian or led by the judiciary, the most important thing is for the...
NICOLE CHOUEIRY The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of ge...
JOSEPH STORY Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not
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CHUCK TANNER Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of co...
RICHARD VON WEIZSAECKER Whether we know it or not, each of our decisions is influenced by what we want to see or think.
KYLE HILL At this point, we can't predict whether the Justice Department's concerns will be addressed by the a...
JEFFERY SMISEK A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equ...
LYSANDER SPOONER But that’s the nature of money. Whether you have it or not, whether you want it or not, whether yo...
PHIL KNIGHT Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyb...
CHARLES DICKENS A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
SOURCE UNKNOWN That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist&...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be ...
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