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It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Different Favor Make Only Opinion Pass Quarrel Reality Remains Resolutions Sheep Takes Useless Vegetarianism While Wolf

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To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Get Life Marry View

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The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Color Dyed Leisure Soul Thoughts

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The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Know Mind Object Other Own People Philosophy Studying

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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Common Common Sense Degree Sense Uncommon Wisdom Wise

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Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Always Best Delude Himself Honesty Honesty Is None Policy The Best Policy Us

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The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

~Dean Inge

Topics: About Before Born Character Child He Hundred Hundred Years Influence Proper Time Years

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We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Beings Horse Human Human Beings Saw Shapes Them Tolerate Us Would

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It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Anything Could Himself Most People Persuade Said Things Mr

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Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

~Dean Inge

Topics: Counting Democracy Disadvantage Experiment Government Instead Merely Obvious Only Them Votes Weighing

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: June 6th, 1860

Died: February 26th, 1954

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