"The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

May, State

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"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

May, Rules, Sound

"They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade."

John Paul Stevens, American Judge

May, Soldiers, Will

"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

May,

"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."

Nicholas Culpeper, English Scientist

May, Sun

"I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written."

Judy Collins, American Musician

May, Songs

"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

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"Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do."

Cliff Burton, American Musician

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"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

May, Pity

"Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

May,

"When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems."

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian Actor

May, Problems

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"There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes."

Time, Being, Duty, Fancy

"No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies."

Nature, Character, Human nature

"Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius."

Genius, Man

"What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone."

Men, Virtue, Energy, Future

"When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching."

Help, Preaching, World

"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

Happiness, Virtue, Rest

"Two lives that once part are as ships that divide."

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"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."

"They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade."

"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."

"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."

"I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written."

"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."

"Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do."

"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."

"Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only."

"When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems."

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"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword."

"A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."

"Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets."

"There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes."

"No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies."

"Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius."

"What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone."

"When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching."

"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

"Two lives that once part are as ships that divide."