The repository contains 107 quotes in the category “People.”
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I’m much more concerned to know who his grandson will be.
President Abraham Lincoln
1809 — 1865
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
President Abraham Lincoln
1809 — 1865
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
President George Washington
1732 — 1799
When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another, the practiced person relies on the language of the first.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 — 1882
It is always better to be an original than an imitation, even when the imitation is of something better than the original.
President Theodore Roosevelt
1858 — 1919
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein
1879 — 1955
All humanity is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable, and those who move.
Benjamin Franklin
1706 — 1790
No one would talk much in society if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
Goethe
1749 — 1832
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
Mark Twain
1835 — 1910
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
Mark Twain
1835 — 1910
I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That’s bad enough for me.
Mark Twain
1835 — 1910
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
1835 — 1910
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Mark Twain
1835 — 1910
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated His ability.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
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