"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
Thomas Brackett Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed
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- They never open their mouths without subtracting from
the sum of human knowledge." Thomas Brackett... - Knowledge is power.
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Thomas... - Imagine the entire contents of the planetary datalinks,
the sum total of human knowledge, blasted into the... - Yawn: The only time some men get to open their
mouths... - Since trifles make the sum of human things,
And half our misery from our foibles springs.
Hannah More (1745-1833) --... - A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.
Thomas B. Reed (1839... - It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit
that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the... - Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world.
Few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring... - Knowledge without common sense is
folly...
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- He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices
I admire." Winston... - He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up
" Paul... - He has never been known to use a word that might send
a reader to the dictionary." William Faulkner (about... - A modest little person,
with much to be modest about." Winston... - Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second.
if there is one." Winston Churchill, in...
