Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
But my later experience has taught me two lessons: first, that things are seen plainer after the events have occurred; second, that the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Sam Harris
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Ralph Adams Cram
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
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Kate Smith
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Oscar Wilde
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Laini Taylor
Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
Federica Mogherini
In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
J. K. Simmons
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Jack Ma
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Alessandro Michele
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Pam Brown
To repeat abstractly, universally, and distinctly in concepts the whole inner nature of the world , and thus to deposit it as a reflected image in permanent concepts always ready for the faculty of reason , this and nothing else is philosophy.
Arthur Schopenhauer
But my later experience has taught me two lessons: first, that things are seen plainer after the events have occurred; second, that the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.
Ulysses S. Grant