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Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gr

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle

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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Thomas Carlyle

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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government. – Thomas Carlyle

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If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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I went to my sons graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote Ive never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but its the good people who dont speak out. – Hamilton Jordan

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Husbands never become good they merely become proficient. – H. L. Mencken

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Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, hed lie just to keep his hand in. – Harry S. Truman

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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. – Edward Steichen

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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. – John Marshall

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