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Letter "D" » deserved
«Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Dignity,
Politics
| Keywords:
deserved, insist
«The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with.»
Author: Clare Boothe Luce
(Diplomat, Playwright)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
deserved, flatter, smacked
«To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Praise
| Keywords:
conceited, creditor, deserved, payment, withhold
«The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
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Fame,
Success
| Keywords:
deserved, do well, sought, sought after
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