Henty Quotes

#1. The Henty books provide training in history and in many of the highest aspects of human character ... American young people should read not a few Henty books, but all 99 of them.

Arthur B. Robinson

#2. Men mistakenly expect women to think, communicate, and react the way men do; women mistakenly expect men to feel, communicate, and respond the way women do.

John Gray

#3. Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.

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#4. We cannot go into court with merely suspicions; we must get facts.

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#5. His father had been so seriously wounded, at Vimiera, that he was invalided home and placed on half pay; and in the same battle Captain O'Grady lost his left arm but, on its being cured, returned to his place in the regiment.

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#6. It is just as easy to be polite as to be rude, and men are served better for love than for fear.

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#7. Ctors are always trying to cry and people are actually trying not to cry.

Anthony Head

#8. The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.

Luciano Pavarotti

#9. Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.

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#10. One don't like setting out to help to bring a man to the gallus when you have got his money in your pocket.

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#11. Men are foolish creatures sometimes, even the wisest of them." Marion

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#12. When you can't get what you want, get what you need

Benny Bellamacina

#13. everyone in the land has an equal chance. In war the bravest becomes a general, in peace the cleverest is chosen as a councillor.

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#14. The forbidden love is the sea, let your thirsty eyes drink from it.

Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal

#15. Whether success will crown the effort, or whether God wills it otherwise, it is not for man to discuss; it is enough that the work is there, and it is our duty to do it.

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#16. I fear not," Hamilcar said gravely, shaking his head. "It seems to be the fate of all nations, that as they grow in wealth so they lose their manly virtues. With wealth comes corruption, indolence, a reluctance to make sacrifices, and a weakening of the feeling of patriotism.

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#17. friends of the king can no longer be grip hands with friends of the Commons.

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#18. We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.

Iain Reid

#19. They say troubles never comes singly,

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#20. How is a boy's mind to expand if he does not ask questions, and who should be so well able to answer his questions as his father?

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#21. Women are always passionately certain that they are right, and neither counsel nor entreaty can get them to believe that there can be any other side to a case than that which they take.

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#22. So that there is enough to keep life together, it matters little what it is.

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#23. I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.

Susan Cain

#24. this is a time when we must all take sides for or against the king.

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#25. No one is strong in himself, but God gives strength.

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#26. I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically.

Lorde

#27. a rogue can generally express himself better than an honest man.

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#28. Excuse me, Scopus," Beric said quietly, "I am perfectly ready to fight with this bragadocio, and challenge him to a contest; a few hard knocks will do neither of us any harm, therefore let us go into the school and have it out, It is much better so than to have perpetual quarrelling.

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#29. I do believe you would be perfectly happy shut up in your study with your rolls of manuscript all your life, without seeing another human being save a servant to bring you in bread and fruit and water twice a day.

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