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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Quote by Charles Babbage about force, police, human imperfections

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is...

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is altogether a new creation, a new creation in terms of old things.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about creation, old, olderness, things

It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about conduct, time

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about habits, body, moral, mind, man

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that...

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about indifference, politics

For every student wanting to play alto sax, there will be...

For every student wanting to play alto sax, there will be seven who want to play snare drum.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

Whisky by the way circulates more freely in Westport than...

Whisky by the way circulates more freely in Westport than is altogether safe in a place where every man carries a loaded pistol in his pocket.

Quote by Francis Parkman about man

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.

Quote by James Payn about mind, nothing, life

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

Quote by Adam Smith about ambition, real estate, man

For every student wanting to play clarinet, there will be...

For every student wanting to play clarinet, there will be six who want to play alto sax.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about music

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