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“After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.”

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William Henry Maule was a prominent English politician, born on April 25, 1788, and died in 1858. He served as a member of Parliament and had a significant impact on British politics. more

“If a man go into the London Docks sober without means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk wherein are a million gallons of wine, I think that would be reasonable evidence that he had stolen some of the wine in that cellar, though you could not prove that any wine was stolen, or any wine was missed.”

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Author:William Henry Maule

“An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.”

Liberty Subjects Ought Construction Favour

Author:William Henry Maule

“Fictions of law must be consistent with justice.”

Law Justice Fiction Consistent

Author:William Henry Maule

“I understand the most profound and simplest Truth of all: Any time any of us reaches out, any time we pour even a drop of love, compassion, simple human decency (no matter how small; how seemingly insignificant) into the sea of earthly existence - we are, each and every one of us - the being called Mercy.”

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Author:J. M. DeMatteis

“The impossible isn't a limitation, it's an invitation.”

Impossible Limitation Invitations

Author:J. M. DeMatteis

“The best way to keep money in perspective is to have some.”

Way Money Perspective Best Way

Book:How to make money in Wall Street

Source: How to make money in Wall Street

“Roaming the world as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, I was able to observe how a variety of vastly different nations organized themselves economically. The inescapable conclusion was that no politician anywhere on the planet has ever actually created a rupee's worth of prosperity.”

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Author:Louis Rukeyser

“It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of heaven, but the fact that riches have him.”

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Author:John Caird

“Cricket is not illegal, for it is a manly game.”

Games Illegal Cricket Manly

Author:Anne, Queen of Great Britain

“I have changed my Ministers but I have not changed my measures.Iamstill formoderation, and Iwill governby it.”

Changed Ministers I Have Changed

Author:Anne, Queen of Great Britain

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