Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[Deanna48]

Charles de Secondat---"Laws undertake to punish only overt acts."

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"Tony Gwynn was named player of the year for April." -- Ralph Kiner

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"A short saying often contains much wisdom. " -- Sophocles

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Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out."
— Clare Booth Luce

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"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. "
— Dan Quayle

[Fudi]

"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight."
— Horace

[Fudi]

"Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. "
— Proverb

[Descifrador]

"The wailing owl screams solitary to the mournful moon."
- David Mallet

[Fudi]

"No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. "
— Proverb

[Fudi]

"Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change."
— Robert Burns

[Deanna48]

"Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

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"Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines."
— Edward Young

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"Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine. "
— Thomas Szasz

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"A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages. "
— Unattributed

[glassguy]

William Wordsworth--"Lost in a gloom of uninspired research"