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Able Quotes - Page 9

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Ruskin Bond, Ruskin (2008). “Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature”, p.238, Penguin Books India

Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.

"Sheila Jackson Lee: The Word Welfare Should Be Changed To 'Transitional Living Fund'". www.realclearpolitics.com. January 08, 2014.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

Pearl S. Buck (2013). “My Several Worlds: A Personal Record”, p.243, Open Road Media

We have seen better days.

'Timon Of Athens' act 4, sc. 2, l. 27

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.32, Jules Verne

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

"Elizabeth Warren: I've been treated differently". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 22, 2014.