Search results for Victorian Era (19th century)

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams, John Dryden

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Andrew Jackson

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Henry Ford

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

Thomas Jefferson

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Jane Austen

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Robert E. Lee

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Millard Fillmore

There's nothing left to do but get drunk.

Franklin Pierce Adams

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Jean-Baptiste Say