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Calvin Coolidge

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ALICE LONGWORTH
He [Calvin Coolidge] looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
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FREDERICK THE GREAT
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the nex...
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.
PETER THE GREAT
Our work is to present things that are as they are.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Rogues, would you live forever?
FREDERICK THE GREAT
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and th...
FREDERICK THE GREAT
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
What is the good of experience if you do not reflect.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
The heart itself is only a small vessel,
yet dragons are there, and lions,
there are poisonou...
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An educated people can be easily governed.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Every man must get to Heaven his own way.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I love opposition that has convictions.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Peace is the first thing the angels sang.
LEO THE GREAT
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FREDERICK THE GREAT
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I praise loudly, I blame softly
CATHERINE THE GREAT
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
ALEXANDER, THE GREAT
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
ALEXANDER, THE GREAT
Talents go by nature not by birth.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
ALFRED THE GREAT
I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of...
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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
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CATHERINE THE GREAT
So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, u...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
I praise loudly. I blame softly.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes de...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
He who defends everything defends nothing.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by n...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but b...
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Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
His father is governor of Media, and though he has the greatest command given him of all the rest of...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
I do not pilfer victory.
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How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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BASIL THE GREAT
We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.
CYRUS THE GREAT
All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find ...
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Every man has a wild beast within him.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against th...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
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BASIL THE GREAT
My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 All that which our blessed Saviour wroug...
GREGORY THE GREAT
All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
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LEO THE GREAT
I have head the nightingale herself.
AGESILAUS, THE GREAT
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and i...
FREDERICK THE GREAT
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AGESILAUS, THE GREAT
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks
FREDERICK THE GREAT
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ALFRED, THE GREAT
Do sometimes sink with their own weights. [Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
CATHERINE, THE GREAT
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society
FREDERICK THE GREAT
A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.
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I do have to say, there is this incredible benefit to being older. I never thought I'd say that....
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll nev...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.
RITA COOLIDGE
Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people...
RITA COOLIDGE
I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
RITA COOLIDGE
I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It&#...
RITA COOLIDGE
I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
RITA COOLIDGE
There's something about me that suggests I don't have an intelligent atom in me at all. So p...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I was thinking, 'If I go bald, I might do something like Bret Michaels and have it all attached ...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
To be honest, sometimes I'm horrified because you don't really know what you look like. If I...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I'm not a prude.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, w...
RITA COOLIDGE
I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
RITA COOLIDGE
I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I am allergic to a certain kind of glue. Most eyelash glues are terrible, the glue in acrylic nails....
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I hate Spanx.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I have been able to sniff out a phony.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I was the cocktail waitress, and Sandra Bullock was the host, and this guy came in and persuaded me ...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I think we still need to see more before I'm convinced we turned the corner. This earnings season wa...
PETER COOLIDGE
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the ...
JOHN CALVIN
The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
CALVIN KLEIN
To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London...
CALVIN HARRIS
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes...
JOHN CALVIN
I have legendary massive breakfasts at hotels. I don't hold back. I'll get there at 7A.M. an...
CALVIN HARRIS