#dispose

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#brook #compulsion #dictates #disposed #englishmen

Man proposes, but God disposes. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#god #man #proposes

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

#business #disposed #education #energy #first

I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again. ↗

— S. J. Perelman

#again #along #always #back #dispose

I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits. ↗

— Charles Goodyear

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It's a national concern, I mean how we dispose of nuclear waste in a safe way, how we deal with this incredible amount of nuclear waste we have created over the years. ↗

— Tom Udall

#concern #created #deal #dispose #how

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. ↗

— Alcuin

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Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it. ↗