Edgar Algernon Robert Cecil Famous Quotes



Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.


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Walter Bagehot

"Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything."
Herbert Gardner

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths feels your fears but fortifies your faith sees your anxieties but frees your spirit recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
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The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotle