#persons

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons. ↗

— James MacGregor Burns

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The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests. ↗

— John James Audubon

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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#degree #good #ground #like #love

In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#keep #leave #love #persons #promises

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. ↗

— Aristotle

#also #angry #feels #grounds #length

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. ↗

— Aristotle

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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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