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«There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and specifications of her own.»
«The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force»
«Someone receives a promotion, gets an important assignment, makes a major discovery, or moves into the president's office. ''He's lucky',' an envious person remarks. ''He gets the breaks; they're always in his favor'.' In reality, luck or the breaks of life had little or nothing to do with it. So-called ''luck'' usually is found at the exact point where preparation meets opportunity. For a time, an individual may get ahead by ''pull',' but eventually someone with push will displace him. Success is not due to a fortuitous concourse of stars at our birth, but to a steady trail of sparks from the grindstone of hard work each day.»
«The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer»
«We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.»
«The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.»
«The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity»
«The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere | About: Truth | Keywords: contrary, exact
«The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.»
«The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.»

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