Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.

Wilson Mizner

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Topic

Golden rule Kindness

Speaker

Wilson Mizner

Source

The Legendary Mizners

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mizner, Wilson. Quoted in The Legendary Mizners, written by Alva Johnston. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953, ch. 4.

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The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion—except for the sect that can win political power.

Robert H. Jackson

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Topic
Freedom of religion

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Robert H. Jackson
Source
Zorach v. Clauson
Medium
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Time
1952 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
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To-morrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick

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Topic
Living in the moment Youth Passage of time Time

Author

Robert Herrick
Source
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.

Current Citation

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