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«I do a bale of sketches, one eye, a piece of hair. A pound of observation, then an ounce of painting.»
«Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily for them every day. There should not be the slightest communal concern when a woman elects to destroy the life of her thousandth-of-an-ounce embryo. But all society should rise up in alarm when it hears that a baby that is not wanted is about to be born.»
«New Scientist magazine reported that in the future, cars could be powered by hazelnuts. That's encouraging, considering an eight-ounce jar of hazelnuts costs about nine dollars. Yeah, I've got an idea for a car that runs on bald eagle heads and Faberge eggs.»
«One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.»
«Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.»
«When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.»
«When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness»
Author: Elbert Hubbard | About: Testing | Keywords: loyalty, ounce, pound, The test

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