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VOLTAIRE Let us cultivate our garden.
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VOLTAIRE To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we mus...
CONFUCIUS To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we mu...
BIBLE You're a bitter man," said Candide.
That's because I've lived," said Martin.
VOLTAIRE I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.
DANIEL LIBESKIND She said she was a nurse. I replied that she must have a lot of patience—and patients. I would hav...
JAROD KINTZ The quality of life does not depend on happiness alone, but also on what one does to be happy. If on...
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves...
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that...
So, what next!?...
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BEN CARSON This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is t...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ You have done well," Grandfather said. "We thank you."
"We were afraid sometimes," Jetsam repli...
SHEILA MOON After I said that to him, Aziz replied: 'then we can't talk any further.'
RICHARD BUTLER Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
DEB CALETTI I take it we're friends now," Henry said.
"We must be," Gansey replied. "Jane says it should b...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said.
"Well," I replied, "it's certainl...
ERICH SEGAL The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, ...
JAMES BALDWIN The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, ...
JAMES BALDWIN Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden....
HELEN PREJEAN Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the b...
FRANZ SCHUBERT All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, b...
VOLTAIRE You must cultivate unity, cooperation ans mutual trust.
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, w...
MIKHAIL BULGAKOV It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. A...
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FREDERICK BUECHNER Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire p...
NORMAN BORLAUG We don't just cultivate strawberries, we cultivate people.
ED BELL God’s constant wealth is accessible to us, if we cultivate His holiness in our lives
SUNDAY ADELAJA Every human being must cultivate their own land of promise
SUNDAY ADELAJA Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alon...
GABRIEL BYRNE One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little b...
PAUL KLEE One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit...
PAUL KLEE I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or mere...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Franco...
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) UTC has often said balance works. But growth works, as well, and we definitely saw that across our c...
JAMES GEISLER We were a garden club without a garden. How pathetic is that?
KIERSTIN YAMASHITA I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote...
S. G. TALLENTYRE We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our ol...
ARTHUR ASHE We have said all along that we encourage our licensees to innovate the Java platform. But it must be...
ALAN BARATZ For even the ordinary well-read person, the French Enlightenment is largely restricted to the three ...
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SOURCE UNKNOWN Voltaire said about God that ‘there is no God, but don’t tell that to my servant, lest he murder...
YUVAL NOAH HARARI In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
PAUL VALERY In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well
PAUL VALERY But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - the...
GEORGE CADBURY You must cultivate value within yourself if you want to move forward.
BRYANT MCGILL Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them
JOHN LUBBOCK One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech.
DENNIS MILLER It was our fault that we didn't finish well but also their goalkeeper. That said, we're happy becaus...
CLAUDIO REYNA It's not atheists who get stuck in my caw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for awhile. We all must pa...
YANN MARTEL How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how
horrible is it to be a mischievous and...
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) As Leaders We Must First Have A Vision But Having The Vision Isn't Enough, We Must Share The Vision ...
GEORGE M. ETHERIDGE In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is ...
EDWIN P. WHIPPLE 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
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BAINBRIDGE COLBY Locke sighed.
'So this is winning,' he said.
'It is,' replied Jean.
'It can go fuck ...
SCOTT LYNCH He twice asked me how much it was worth. He then said 'a thousand,' but I never replied,
MICK JAGGER We must concentrate our energy on handling our own affairs well, ... We must ceaselessly boost our e...
JIANG ZEMIN Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't but he ...
EDGAR GUEST To live well ...we must constantly increase our income or constantly decrease our spending.
LORRIN L. LEE Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: t...
HUGO BALL When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity - which is a natural outgrowth of medi...
JAMES REDFIELD If we are calm," replied the policeman, "it is the calm of organized resistance."
"Eh?" said Sy...
G.K. CHESTERTON Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!
TOOTS THIELEMANS Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot
DIXIE LEE RAY Our strength is our balanced experienced level, ... But we must avoid injuries.
DAVID POTTS At HCC, we have a one-of-a-kind dahlia garden. We specialize in them here. They originated in the mo...
JOHN PALMER We need to cultivate our own land and not wait upon miracles for it cultivation.
SUNDAY ADELAJA This garden is your life. Of course, there are the occasional weeds—but more than anything, this g...
SETH ADAM SMITH They imposed on it unilaterally and said we had to do it. Well, that violates our contract.
JIM GALLAGHER Maybe I was wrong. Maybe there really is some goodness here in our world. But if goodness existed, t...
ERICA SEHYUN SONG I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute, said the student. So is the hydrogen bomb, I replie...
GEORGE SWEETING "I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute," said the student. "So is the hydrogen bomb," I re...
SPENCER TRACY Milk?” Lady Bridgerton asked.
“Thank you,” Gareth replied. “No sugar, if you please.”...
JULIA QUINN There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; ...
MARTIN GARDNER No homework. I got suspended,” Blue replied.
“Get the fuck out,” Ronan said, but with adm...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Cela est bien, repondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.
VOLTAIRE I must apologize for calling so late," said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional ...
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ORSON WELLES Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Culti...
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Culti...
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Well, do you still make that marvelous wine? The pale red one, with a hint of nuts? I’ve boasted a...
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I Success is like farming. One must cultivate the soil of the mind first, before attempting to plant i...
LEBOGANG MARUMO I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph tak...
DAVID HOCKNEY One does not arrest Voltaire.
CHARLES DE GAULLE We're playing well. However, we must cut down on our turnovers and mistakes.
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