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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
-- Adlai Stevenso...
That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longe
as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful with it than those who have inherited one....
That which we call sin in others is experiment for us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
That which yesterday was reviled today becomes cultural consumer-goods, consumption thus engulfs what was intended to give meaning and direction.
-- H. Lefebvre...
That will depend, my lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress. -- John Wilke
That woman speaks eighteen languages and can't say No in any of them. -- Dorothy Parke
That would hang us, every mother's son. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Act i, Sc.
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That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- On the Detraction which followed upon my writing certain Treatise...
That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

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