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Quote by Gilbert Parker

“Tomorrow is no man's gift.”

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Gilbert Parker, born on November 23, 1862, was a renowned British novelist. His works are known for their detailed portrayal of rural life and social changes in England, which have won him great popularity among readers. more

“The economical policies that are instigated really makes you think that the American government is a bunch of evil bastards. So just because you're black, you're still representing that government, and when Obama came into office he enacted the same policies that we would critique other presidents for.”

Thinking Stills Government Evil Black President Policy Office Bunch Critique Make You Think Representing American Government Fiasco

Author:Lupe Fiasco

“People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.”

People Thinking Wise Fool Foolishness Playing The Fool

Book:The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

Source: The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

“... if it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed.”

Ifs Would Be Faces Fashion Naked Human Body

Book:Turkish Embassy Letters

Source: Turkish Embassy Letters

“Nature has not placed us in an inferior rank to men, no more than the females of other animals, where we see no distinction of capacity, though I am persuaded if there was a commonwealth of rational horses... it would be an established maxim amongst them that a mare could not be taught to pace.”

Ifs Men Would Be Animal Taught Capacity Female Horse Rational Distinction Pace Inferiors Maxims Commonwealth Mares

Book:The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essays

Source: The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essays

“I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.”

Should Mean Children Care Wish Duty Our Children Parenting Disappointment Heavy Your Children Proportion Surprising Moderates Wish You Fondness I Wish You Would

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

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