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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes...

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

Quote by William Wordsworth about wisdom, age, olderness, mind

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only...

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

Quote by François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire about people, charity, money, man

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, books

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of...

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

Quote by Johnny Depp about confusion, state, face

And then, it is not an office job: I build my production teams, I follow the beginning of the rehearsals, the dress rehearsal, the premiere, which leaves me time to go and attend other opera performances, to find new singers for my future...

Quote by Placido Domingo about career, beginning, future, time

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a...

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

Quote by Clint Eastwood about school

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

Quote by William Godwin about memory, man, life

You retire when you are sick and when you can't do it any more or when the public retires you. That's the most painful, because that's the one that leaves you wanting to accomplish more.

Quote by Julio Iglesias about work, public

I've been gone on the road for the past three years; maybe I've been home for two or three weeks in a year. I literally live - it's like one of those old movies where they show a train, and pages of a calendar are peeling away like leaves, and...

Quote by Chris Isaak about trains, past, home, old, olderness

But if he does really think that there is no distinction...

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about vice, virtue

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the...

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Quote by Franz Kafka about revolution

Meditation brings wisdom, lack of meditation leaves...

Meditation brings wisdom, lack of meditation leaves ignorance, know well what leads you forward and what holds you back.

Quote by Buddha about education, meditation, ignorance, wisdom

The chances of getting off work on time is inversely...

The chances of getting off work on time is inversely proportional to how much e-mail the boss leaves for until end of the day.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, chance, heads, end, work, day, time

You need it to save a life, or the salesman leaves.

You need it to save a life, or the salesman leaves.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, need, life

The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes...

The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes before you reach the bus stop. The bus you do take is always ten minutes late.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

Your spouse wins, then leaves you.

Your spouse wins, then leaves you.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

When the telephone operator leaves the board on night...

When the telephone operator leaves the board on night mode all the calls would land only on your desk.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about night

After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see.

Quote by Joy Page about eternity, sadness

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.

Quote by Francis Parkman about rules, home, need

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any...

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about need

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