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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.