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“The mere power of saving what is already in our hands must be of easy acquisition to every mind; and as the example of Lord Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it, a thousand instances every day prove that the humblest may practise it with success.”

Mind May Shows Hands Easy Lord Economy Example Thousand Prove Highest Mere Intellect Instance Saving Neglect Acquisition Practise Lord Bacon

Author:Samuel Johnson

“To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards.”

Ifs May Done Marriage Example Couple Thousand Ten

Book:The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple

Source: The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple

“[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.”

Source: One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics)

“Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic history there have been well over two thousand women jurists.”

People Knows Wells Has Beens Two Example Thousand Empowerment Tradition Islamic Autonomy Jurists

Author:Khaled Abou El Fadl