Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the o

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. – Henry James Sumner Maine

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Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit. – Danny Boyle

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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. – Donald Knuth

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Never trust anyone who wants what youve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. – Eubie Blake

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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand. – Thomas Carlyle

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. – Thomas Huxley

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A woman is as young as her knees. – Mary Quant

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The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen. – David Wilkerson

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