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God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?
C. S. LewisRead
And writers say, as the most forward bud_x000D_ _x000D_ Is eaten by the canker ere it blow,_x000D_ _x000D_ Even so by love the young and tender wit_x000D_ _x000D_ Is turn'd to folly, blasting in the bud,_x000D_ _x000D_ Losing his verdure even in the prime,_x000D_ _x000D_ And all the fair effects of future hopes.
William ShakespeareRead
I mean, I think everybody in the world, all the young people in the world, went to journalism school and wanted to investigate everything. And I think they overdid it. I think that you have to investigate things, you have to e skeptical, but you shouldn't be vengeful. You have to be fair and you have to be careful.
Katharine GrahamRead
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances
PetrarchRead
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
ThucydidesRead
Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.
Edward AbbeyRead
We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair
Malcolm GladwellRead
Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.
Francis Ford CoppolaRead
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
William ShakespeareRead
A fair day's wages for a fair day's work.
Thomas CarlyleRead
Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should re-appear in this fair land and commence their vocation they should find left for them at least one hard nut to crack.
Abraham LincolnRead
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
Anthony Of PaduaRead
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
MoliereRead
If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting the truth, either in religion, law, or politics.
Thomas JeffersonRead
The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.
Harry S. TrumanRead
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Groucho MarxRead
I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
Beyonce KnowlesRead
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
Jean RostandRead
I pray that the life of this spring and summer may ever lie fair in my memory.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Whatever anybody believes as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else, it's fair enough, and works, and I think, is real, and matters. I don't happen to have those beliefs, as much, you know, I don't believe in those things.
George ClooneyRead
I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
Bill GatesRead

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