#oft

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. ↗

— Sydney Smith

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No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool. ↗

— Thomas Vernor Smith

#abraham lincoln #death #does #dubbed #fool

Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old. ↗

— Will Smith

#been #ever #goofy #i #most

This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#assigned #being #faiths #follows #mythology

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ↗

— Socrates

#deadliest #deepest #desires #hate #often

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than I knew before, how many others share with me, often, indeed, have anticipated me, in the discoveries for which you have awarded me the prize. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#anticipated #awarded #before #clearly #discoveries

Half a truth is often a great lie. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#fun #gets #i #making #me

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#album #extended #extended family #family #generally

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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