Wisdom Sayings

231 sayings found from the Modern era from 231 authors

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

— Edvard Munch Late 19th - Early 20th Century
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It is not enough to be a good Jew; you must be a good human being.

— David Ben-Gurion N/A
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I must tell you that I was never a beautiful woman. But I am a very good cook.

— Golda Meir 1972
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It is our intention to bear the unbearable and endure the unendurable.

— Emperor Hirohito 1945
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Today it is us. Tomorrow it will be you.

— Haile Selassie 1936
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The greatest danger that faces Africa is the danger of Balkanization, the danger of being broken up into small, fragmented states.

— Kwame Nkrumah 1958
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The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.

— Adolf Hitler 1925
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The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

— Joseph Stalin 1935
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I am not a person to be afraid. I am a person to be feared.

— Indira Gandhi Uncertain
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The assegai is my father, the shield is my mother.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
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That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget.

— Walt Disney Unknown
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A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

— Coco Chanel Unknown
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When I thought I couldn`t go on, I forced myself to keep going.

— Estee Lauder Unknown
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I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!

— Madam C.J. Walker Unknown
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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.

— Sam Walton Unknown
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I wish to be left in peace. I do not wish to be in contact with the white man, nor do I wish to be disturbed by him.

— Sitting Bull 1883
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I have killed many; I have scalped many. I have captured women and children. I have done all that is bad. But I did it to defend my people.

— Geronimo 1906
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What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1821
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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

— John Stuart Mill 1863
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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.

— Benjamin Disraeli 1868
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