Quotations Page 'G'

Abhor that which is evil ! cleave to that which is good.

- New Testament -

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Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants.

- Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew -

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It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.

- Swift, Conduct of the Allies -

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Foul whisperings are abroad.

- Shakespeare -

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Government of the people, by the people, for the people.

- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburge Address -

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The safety of the State is the highest law.

- Justinian -

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Every country has the Government it deserves.

- Joseph De Maister -

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No government can possibly withstand the bloodless opposition of a whole nation.

- Mahatma Gandhi -

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You are a fallen from grace.

- Galatians -

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Such easy greatness, such a graceful portSo turned and finished for the camp or court.

- Addison, Campaign -

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The word 'Grace' in an ungracious muck is profane.

- Addison, Campaign -

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Why care for grammar as long we are good !

- Artemus, Ward, Pyrotechny -

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For all your rhetorician's rules.Teach nothing but to name his tools.

- Butler, Hubbiras -

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The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge.

- Old Testament, Ezekiel -

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Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

- J.B.Massieu -

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Though the thorn in thy flower pricked me.O Beauty, I am grateful.

- Tagore, Fireflies -

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Gratitude is a lively sense of future favours.

- Sir Robert Walpole -

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Grave is but the threshold of eternity.

- Southey -

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There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.

- Old Testament, Job -

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