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P. Brooks. . Call your opinions your creed, and you will
P. Brooks. . Idleness in the midst of unattempted tasks is always proud.
P. Desjardins. . Goodness is everywhere, and is everywhere to be found, if we will only look for it.
P. G. Hamerton. . The best independence is to have something to
P. G. Hamerton. . The manners of the ill-mannered are never so odious, unbearable, exasperating, as they are to their own nearest kindred.
P. J. Bailey. . He most lives / Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
P. J. Bailey. . He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
P. J. Bailey. . Let every thought too, soldier-like, be
P. J. Bailey. . Man is a military animal, / Glories in gunpowder
P. J. Bailey. . Simplicity is Nature's first step, and the last
 
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Temporizer : n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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