#bet

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#difference #ideas #only #people #superficial

I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game. ↗

— Pete Rose

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Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

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I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#better #better way #clearly #hope #i

Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart. ↗

— Josiah Royce

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