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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Quote by Francis Bacon about devil, people

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Quote by Francis Bacon about genius, nation, spirit

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Quote by John Adams about heart, man

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

Quote by Andre Agassi about sport, things, people

So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.

Quote by Michael Chabon

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about problems, magic, language, age, olderness, word

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

Quote by Michael East about football

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

Quote by Sean Connery

As I write, of course, Mussolini is an evil memory. But in 1933 he was a towering figure who was supposed to have discovered something worth study and imitation by all world artificers everywhere.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about memory, world

CBS has just discovered gospel singing and maybe it's new to a lot of people in the North, but everyone in the South is familiar with it.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about nation, people

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Quote by Aldous Huxley about sex, people

A paint drip will always find the hole in the newspaper and land on the carpet underneath (and will not be discovered until it has dried).

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

The wrong form is not discovered until it has been signed by all parties concerned, sealed, and delivered.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bad

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them.

Quote by Paracelsus about science, origin, common sense, sense

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.

Quote by Evan Parker

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room

Quote by Blaise Pascal about revelation, human imperfections, being, man

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about people, mind

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about people

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about fear, things, contentment

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about books, age, olderness, world