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A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

~Agnes Repplier

Topics: About Before Chiefly Generally Gets Kitten Like Mad Nothing Remarkable Rushing Stopping Whatever

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It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?

~Algernon H. Blackwood

Topics: Able Alas Beautiful Chiefly Deed Emotions Evil Ghosts Haunted Heard Leave Lovely Moon Noble Objects Photographs Place Scenes Surrounding Whoever

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In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life.

~Alice Morse Earle

Topics: Astrology Believed Century Chiefly Christian Crops Cut Governed Had Health His Influences Life Medicine Occult Only Planetary Science Some Still Trusting Which Wholly

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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Animals Chiefly Dead Fork Instrument Mouth Purpose Putting Used

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Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic.

~Ameen Rihani

Topics: Chiefly Fundamentally Materialistic Nations Oppressed Rule Spiritual Strong Weak

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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

~Aristotle

Topics: Alike Attained Best Chiefly Democracy Equality Found Government Liberty Persons Share Some Thought Utmost Will

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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

~Aristotle

Topics: Art Chiefly Homer Lies Other Poets Taught Telling Telling Lies Who

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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

~Arnold Bennett

Topics: Affairs After Be Happy Challenge Chiefly Effort Failed Feels Full Happiness Happy He Honest Idea Life Paramount Possibly Satisfaction Satisfied Some Take Up Who

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You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.

~Carl Friedrich Gauss

Topics: Am Because Chiefly Far Few Know Length More Much Never Possible Said Satisfied Slowly Takes Than Time Until Words Write Writing You I Am I Write

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The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

~Charles Churchill

Topics: Acting Chiefly Crime Danger Daring Excel Great Lies Well

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