#fine thing

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

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I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true. ↗

— Helen Suzman

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Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it. ↗

— Alain Rene Le Sage

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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail. ↗

— Joan Blades

#fine thing #long #paper #screen #thing

Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. ↗

— Tim Cahill

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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗

— James Fenton

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You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples. ↗

— William Morris Hunt

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It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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