There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
- Adlai E. Stevenson - In Business
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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
- Adlai E. Stevenson - In Forgiveness
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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
- Robert Louis Stevenson - In Life
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It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
- Robert Louis Stevenson - In Nature
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Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
- Adlai E. Stevenson - In Patriotism
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
- Adlai E. Stevenson - In Politics
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