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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it. -- Seneca
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheu
it moves stones, it charms brutes....
Nothing is so dear and precious as time. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
v...
Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.
-- Terence (185-159 BC) -- Heautontimoroumenos, Act iv, Sc. 2, 8, (675.)...
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self, for what we wish, that we readily believe.
-- Demosthene...
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i, Chap. xxxi, Of Divine Ordinance...
Nothing is so frustrating as a bad situation that is beginning to improve.
-- Shannon's Observatio...
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. -- George Elio
Nothing is so good for improvement in driving as having a police car follow you as you drive about the town.

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