"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."

Time, Virtue, Vice, Will

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"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."

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"We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment."

Earl Blumenauer, American Politician

Time, War, Commitment, Iraq

"You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Time, People, Babies, Boys

"When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

Time, Pretty

"I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Time, Children, Now, Space

"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

Time, Truth, Now

"I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Time, Father, Want

"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Time, Awareness, Existence, Moments

"I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Time,

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Time, Work, Family, Life

"When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

Time, Mother, First, Old

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"Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity."

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"If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition."

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"Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip."

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"Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say."

Justice, Nothing, Will

"The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end."

Genius, End, Interest, May

"It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends."

Friendship, Enemies, Friends

"To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us."

Man, Pride, Succeed

"The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down."

Society, Faces, Privacy, Slander

"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

Success, Ability, First

"Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds."

Change, Home, Men, Climate