#prop

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative of providing comprehensive security at my personal property would have entailed significant extra costs to the taxpayer. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#alternative #branch #comprehensive #costs #defence

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#any #exclusive #honor #party #political

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

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I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#i #i think #property #scaling #think

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. ↗

— Horace

#alert #arrest #before #carefully #decay

Labor diligently to increase your property. ↗

— Horace

#increase #labor #property #your

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#desert #happy #larger #loving #oasis

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. ↗

— James Howell

#common #common people #improperly #may #people

One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time. ↗

— L. Ron Hubbard

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