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“Power and privilege will always be attacked by smaller men who claim they have a cause. But the cause is always avarice. Whatever lofty excuse men use for war or revolution, it’s always because they want the power another holds.”

— Nora Roberts

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Nora Roberts Quote: “Power and privilege will always be attacked by smaller men who claim they have a cause. But the cause is always avarice. Whatever lofty excuse men use for war or revolution, it’s always because they want the power another holds.”

“Power and privilege will always be attacked by smaller men who claim they have a cause. But the cause is always avarice. Whatever lofty excuse men use for war or revolution, it’s always because they want the power another holds.”

— Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Quote: “Power and privilege will always be attacked by smaller men who claim they have a cause. But the cause is always avarice. Whatever lofty excuse men use for war or revolution, it’s always because they want the power another holds.”

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3. “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”

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4. “The first step to greatness is to be honest.”

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5. “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”

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6. “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”

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8. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”

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9. “My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.”

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10. “Our aspirations are our possibilities.”

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11. “What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.”

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12. “Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”

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13. “Language is the dress of thought.”

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14. “Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.”

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15. “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.”

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16. “Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”

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19. “The future is purchased by the present.”

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20. “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”

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21. “If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!”

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23. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

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24. “It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”

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25. “God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?”

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26. “If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”

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27. “Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.”

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28. “Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.”

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29. “Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen.”

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30. “Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”

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31. “Reason and truth will prevail at last.”

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32. “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.”

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33. “Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.”

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34. “Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.”

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35. “The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.”

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36. “To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.”

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37. “The true art of memory is the art of attention.”

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38. “Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.”

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39. “Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.”

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40. “It is our first duty to serve society.”

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41. “To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.”

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42. “Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”

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43. “The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

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44. “A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.”

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45. “The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.”

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46. “Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.”

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47. “Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.”

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48. “Bias and impartiality are in the eye of the beholder.”

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49. “Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”

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50. “You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.”

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