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Bernard Baruch1 quote
To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am. — Bernard Baruch · 1955David Hume1 quote
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. — David Hume · 1758Erasmus1 quote
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. — Erasmus · 1536Jane Austen1 quote
One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best. — Jane Austen · 1817Margaret Wolfe Hungerford1 quote
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. — Margaret Wolfe Hungerford · 1878Sir Thomas Browne1 quote
Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643The Joker1 quote
They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. — The Joker · 2008William Blake1 quote
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. — William Blake · 1799