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For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot.
Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.
Our kids seldom even get to see a movie. When we go to a movie, it's an event - and we make it an event.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.
Seldom does a member of either party have to be called down for inappropriate behavior on the House floor.
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.
I seldom deal in symbolisms; if there be hidden meanings in my verse, they are there without my knowledge.
I live at the bottom of a valley. I have a small bookshop in a small town, and I seldom venture far afield.
I am a complete movie buff who still prefers to go for the late night show and seldom watch movies at home.
To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
Imams seldom condemn terror. And in their silence, in the void, acceptance - encouragement even - is assumed.
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
For the grifter, ripping people off is seldom the point. The grifter is an artiste who invests in the long con.
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.
Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.
The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Market type influences everything a company does. Strategy and tactics for one market type seldom work for another.
Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
Just as the great composer is seldom also a great player, so is the great mathematician seldom also a great teacher.
My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.
There's an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That's why comedians seldom criticise each other.
Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
What is ugly about life is that it so often only provides uneasy half solutions that are so seldom pure and tragic ones.
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.
God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood.
It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
The master class seldom lose a chance to insult a woman who has the ability for something besides service to his lordship.
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed to you on a plate.
I am in the bad news business. Seldom do I get to report on puppies, rainbows, or the sounds of children giggling. Well, never.
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.