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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
A Woman of No Importance, Act 3 [Lord Illingworth]
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You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
(Attributed)

You have heard the story, haven’t you, about the man who was tarred and feathered and carried out of town on a rail? A man in the crowd asked him how he liked it. His reply was that if it was not for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) US President (1861-65)
(Attributed (1861))
When asked by a friend how he liked being President.

Only aim to do your duty and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) US President (1801-09)
Rights of British America (1774)

We learn nothing by being right.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Rumanian-English writer
Haven (1951)