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«When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
| About:
Arrogance,
Men
| Keywords:
arrogant, commonly, deliberation, deliberations, grossest, mistaken, views
«Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Writing
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commonly, most-valuable, unsought, valuable, write down
«TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_).»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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African, Africans, bite, commonly, efficacious, insect, insomnia, novelist, patients, regarded, remedy, The American, the novelist, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze
«Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right»
«To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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«What men call social virtue, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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calling together, close together, commonly, fellowship, Fellowship of, litter, littered, littering, litters, pigs, The Fellowship of, warm
«The world's great men have not commonly been scholars, nor its great scholars great men.»
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