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It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.


Samuel Alexander

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SAMUEL ADAMS The love of power, like the love of money, increases with the possession of it; and we know in what ...
SAMUEL ADAMS How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
SAMUEL ADAMS The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peac...
SAMUEL ADAMS It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole teno...
SAMUEL ADAMS We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
SAMUEL ADAMS I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
SAMUEL ADAMS The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
SAMUEL BUTLER That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting win...
SAMUEL LOVER In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.
XAVIER SAMUEL My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
XAVIER SAMUEL Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of...
XAVIER SAMUEL I don't know that many Australian actors in Los Angeles, but there are a few of us. I mean, we k...
XAVIER SAMUEL I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it h...
XAVIER SAMUEL There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
SAMUEL BECKETT The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
SAMUEL LOVER The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality ...
SAMUEL GOMPERS