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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.


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BUDDHA BUDDHA Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds
BUDDHA There 's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Laws of Money;Money is neither evil nor good,but it only inherits the character of its owner.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Money is neither good nor evil,but good men makes money good & evil men makes money evil.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Listen - of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are power...
ELIZABETH GILBERT It is good to appreciate anothers good deeds, but let not your good deeds be known to others lest th...
APURVA GAGLANI But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is...
MARGARET CAVENDISH Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE Bargaining has neither friends nor relations
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Look upon good books; they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble: be you but tru...
FRANCIS BACON Neither indulgence nor renunciation helps, only awareness can.
PRAVIN PRAJAPATI As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and ...
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
MARGARET WALKER Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE So does nobody care about Ireland?"
"Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King Jame...
EDWARD RUTHERFURD I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a ...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by viol...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds: we can all do good deeds, b...
CESARE PAVESE It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor t...
SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor t...
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong ...
MAHATMA GANDHI A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it ...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Through the broad extent of country over which you have marched by your respect for the rights and p...
THOMAS STONEWALL JACKSON Honesty is appreciated and valued only by THOSE, with good values.
NISHAL MAHARAJ What God does can neither be quantified by numbers nor qualified by words.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
ARAVIND ADIGA I am neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, I am a man, I am a vampire.
MICHAEL ROMKEY The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.
TECK FOO CHECK But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder...
RICK RIORDAN Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by nor outl...
EUDORA WELTY That is neither particularly bad nor is it particularly good.
DAVID LENZE Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced ...
MIKHAIL BULGAKOV It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let us not be measured by our accomplishments alone; but also by our deeds, deeds both good and bad
KEVIN I.E2 GBOBOH How do you control another person? Two ways. Trust, or fear. People and animals will follow you if t...
J.H. MYN Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that he...
BIBLE For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to...
JOHN MILTON I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.
DONALD TRUMP Neither lend money to a great man nor borrow it from a powerful one.
VIKRANT PARSAI Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so.
ERIN HUNTER The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The willing spirit can do good deeds by grace.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even th...
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Attested prowess, the only means by which one's merit and substance can be affirmed".
DARYAVESH ROTHMENSCH Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you they’re friends with — just your money and p...
AULIQ-ICE Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you they’re friends with — just your money and p...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform....
LEWIS HYDE Life is neither good nor bad,
WALLY AMOS Good friends of integrity are honor, truth, reliability, wholesomeness and honesty.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN A man without happiness is neither good nor well.
VIKRANT PARSAI A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several ...
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Good deeds from good intentions flow; but good intentions only; build for us a place below.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither me...
DIRK BENEDICT Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupi...
AYN RAND Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
ARNOLD H. GLASGOW It is neither unusual nor new for me to have Negro friends, nor is it unusual for me to have found m...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
JEAN BAPTISTE LACORDAIRE The world is ruled by neither justice nor morality; crime is not punished nor virtue rewarded, one i...
TADEUSZ BOROWSKI Needs are things which can be only fulfilled by your deeds
POOJA GUNSHEKHAR GOUNDER Beauty can be created, knowledge learned, but talent can neither be purchased nor taught.
DANIELLE L. JENSEN Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
TOM BROWN Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.
LEO ROSTEN Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He loved his family, his friends, his writing, his painting; he knew their flaws, but they neither s...
PHILIP ZALESKI ...we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.
JULIO RAMóN RIBEYRO Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone.
JOHN MILTON Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, ...
JOHN LYLY Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
MARCUS AURELIUS He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surr...
JOHN BARRYMORE You can make only enemies and not friends out of your money.
KOWSALAPATHY Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust n...
AYN RAND Neither I nor the governor can make a statement.
ANTONIO FAZIO I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither "good" or "bad", and who knows neither love nor hatred...
SAVITRI DEVI She was neither white nor black, Fyre nor Aquanite; she was a dame of the White King, and it was up ...
CHRISTINE E. SCHULZE Peace is neither taken nor given, only recognized within.
MAHATMA GANDHI Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can ...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither ...
RUDYARD KIPLING The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough ...
STEVE TOLTZ Remember, I am neither a bear nor a bull, I am an agnostic opportunist. I want to make money short- ...
JAMES CRAMER With Jesus, there's neither waste nor by-product.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God a...
JOHN MILTON May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
VOLTAIRE Any number of scoundrels, having money enough to start with, can establish themselves as a 'gove...
LYSANDER SPOONER We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We dri...
MAXIM GORKY Reality is neither good nor bad; it just is.
ARBIE M. DALE I have neither been there nor done that
NANCY CARTWRIGHT I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
AARON SORKIN I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Neither dead nor alive, the hostage is suspended by an incalculable outcome. It is not his destiny t...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
LAWRENCE G. LOVASIK Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends; For, being not propped by ances...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
OVID War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love t...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Aphrodite is about love and beauty. Being loving. Spreading beauty. Good friends. Good...
RICK RIORDAN Neither Man, nor machine can replace its creator.
TAPAN GHOSH For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neit...
MARLENE DIETRICH

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SALLUST Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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SALLUST The higher your station, the less your liberty.
SALLUST Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
SALLUST Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.
SALLUST Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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SALLUST The golden age is before us, not behind us.
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SALLUST No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
SALLUST Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master
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SALLUST In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual ...
SALLUST Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.

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