Strange & Unusual Sayings

231 sayings found from the Modern era

A disease is not an entity, but a process.

— Robert Koch circa 1880s
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The world must be made safe for democracy.

— Woodrow Wilson 1917
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What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?

— Frederick Douglass 1852
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The greatest good is to do good to others.

— Albert Schweitzer Unknown
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Wizards do not do magic, they do their jobs.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 1968
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The man who has no imagination has no wings.

— Alexandre Dumas 1844
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Money is the most terrible destroyer of form.

— Georg Simmel 1900
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Heroin was my only friend. It killed my pain.

— Ray Charles 1978
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We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) 1903
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Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.

— Frantz Fanon 1961
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.

— Charles Darwin 1860
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The priest is the personification of falsehood.

— Garibaldi 1860s
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

— Agatha Christie 1960s
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The mind can only attend to one thing at a time.

— James Clerk Maxwell 1870
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

— Bismarck 1880s
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The best way to solve a problem is to prevent it.

— Dwight Eisenhower 1950s
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How depressing it has been, Even within the palace.

— Meiji Emperor Late 19th - early 20th century
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I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

— Thomas Edison 1921
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The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

— Adolf Hitler 1933
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

— Theodore Roosevelt 1901
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