"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
― Lord Chesterfield
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Power
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- "Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others."
- "Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment."
- "The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation."
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- "We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice."― Marc Maron
- "All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It’s nothing original."― Aung San Suu Kyi
- "I may speak with an accent, but I don’t think with an accent."― Tomas Gorny