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Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves.The Difference lies, as far as I can see,Not in the thing it self, but the degree. . . .


John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester)

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(Devised by rogues, d...
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EDWARD WOOD, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
EDWARD WOOD, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
EDWARD WOOD, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
EDWARD WOOD, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone; But those which soonest ...
JOHN NORRIS OF BEMERTON Even here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel, And pant and tremble like the amorous steel. To l...
JOHN NORRIS OF BEMERTON The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
EARL NIGHTINGALE People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
EARL NIGHTINGALE You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've go...
EARL WEAVER Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
EARL WARREN The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
EARL WARREN One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
EARL WILSON People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I ...
EARL WEAVER Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to ...
EARL NIGHTINGALE Many agricultural counties are far more important in the life of the State than their population bea...
EARL WARREN I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset abou...
EARL WARREN He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.
EARL WILSON Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.
EARL WILSON An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't ha...
EARL WILSON Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
EARL WILSON If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.
EARL WILSON To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.
EARL WILSON Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we...
EARL WILSON The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
EARL WILSON Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
EARL WILSON This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt...
EARL WILSON Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
EARL WILSON Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking s...
EARL WILSON If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
EARL WILSON A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie.
EARL WILSON Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
EARL WILSON Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
EARL WILSON Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
EARL WILSON Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
EARL WEAVER I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
EARL WEAVER When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its pl...
EARL WEAVER I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.
EARL WEAVER To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 gu...
EARL WEAVER There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he ...
EARL WEAVER A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words...
EARL WEAVER A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who playe...
EARL WEAVER I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anythi...
EARL WEAVER The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
EARL WEAVER Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's lean...
EARL WEAVER A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smar...
EARL WEAVER There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're mak...
EARL WEAVER In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That'...
EARL WEAVER This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
EARL WEAVER Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
EARL WEAVER On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
EARL WEAVER No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
EARL WEAVER The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
EARL WEAVER Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always t...
EARL WEAVER The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
EARL WEAVER Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
EARL WEAVER Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
EARL WARREN Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any s...
EARL WARREN All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public educa...
EARL WARREN We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
EARL WARREN If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were convers...
EARL WARREN If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we lea...
EARL WARREN The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
EARL WARREN I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first...
EARL WARREN