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Edward R. Simmons:The difference between failure


The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right.
by Edward R. Simmons


Adolf Hitler:Success is the sole earthly judge


Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.
by Adolf Hitler


Victor Hugo:When dictatorship is a fact,


When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
by Victor Hugo


Gamaliel Bailey:Evil and good are God's right


Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
by Gamaliel Bailey


Seneca:We become wiser by adversity; prosperity


We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
by Seneca


James Thurber:Progress was all right. Only it


Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
by James Thurber


Elizabeth B. Browning:The beautiful seems right


The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.
by Elizabeth B. Browning


Chinese Proverb:Laws control the lesser


Laws control the lesser man...Right conduct controls the greater one.
by Chinese Proverb


Winston Churchill:The greatest lesson in life is


The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
by Winston Churchill


St. Thomas Aquinas:For a war to be just three


For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.
by St. Thomas Aquinas


Aeschylus:Married love between man and woman is


Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
by Aeschylus


Ogden Nash:Progress might have been all right


Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
by Ogden Nash


Unknown:If it's wrong to love you, then my heart


If it's wrong to love you, then my heart just wont let me be right.
by Unknown


Charles Brower:A new idea is delicate. It can be


A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
by Charles Brower


Grenville:The criterion of true beauty is, that


The criterion of true beauty is, that it increases in examination; of false, that it lessens. There is something, therefore, in true beauty that corresponds with the right reason, and it is not merely the creature of fancy.
by Grenville


Helen Keller:No matter how dull, or how mean, or


No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.
by Helen Keller


Johann Von Schiller:Art is the right hand of


Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
by Johann Von Schiller


Sir Walter Scott:He that climbs the tall tree


He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
by Sir Walter Scott


Ambrose Bierce:Immortality: A toy which people


Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
by Ambrose Bierce


Mark Twain:A round man cannot be expected to fit


A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
by Mark Twain


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