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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Buddha
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
Sophocles
Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
Fred Rogers
It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maugham
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Marcus Aurelius
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
J. K. Rowling
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.
George Allen, Sr.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles Schwab
A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.
Clare Boothe Luce
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
Orison Swett Marden
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
Chanakya
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
John Webster
You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.
Mena Suvari
The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
Orson Welles
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention.
Kenny Guinn
That government is best which governs least.
Henry David Thoreau
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
Harvey Fierstein