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The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify. ↗

— Elihu Root

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The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#businesses #creating #going #group #internet

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

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Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The proper study of Mankind is Man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#mankind #proper #proper study #study

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech. ↗

— Quintilian

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