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• Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

  Jane Austen

  Reflection, Indulge In, Relief

  Jane Austen (1946). “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”, p.128, PDFreeBooks.org

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• Finding is reserved for those who reach.

  Jim Rohn

  Findings

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• In the purer ages of the commonwealth, the use of arms was reserved for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love, a property to defend, and some share in enacting those laws which it was their interest, as well as duty, to maintain. But in proportion as the public freedom was lost in extent of conquest, war was gradually improved into an art, and degraded into a trade.

  Edward Gibbon

  Country, Art, War

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.33, e-artnow

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• Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Spiritual, Achievement, Challenges

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• Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  People, Tasks, Wells

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• The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

  Joseph Story

  Government, People, United States

  Joseph Story (1851). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.296

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• Gandhi said 'One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole.' This point of wisdom is profound. A commitment to excellence is not just reserved for a few select areas of your life - it must be reflected in everything you do. Your diet must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your physique must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your personal habits must reflect your commitment to excellence and your thoughts must reflect a commitment to excellence.

  Robin Sharma

  Commitment, Profound, Excellence

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• Many are the exercises of power reserved to the States wherein a uniformity of proceeding would be advantageous to all. Such are quarantines, health laws, regulations of the press, banking institutions, training militia, etc., etc.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Exercise, Law, Training

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston (1907). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• To neglect the common ground with other primates, and to deny the evolutionary roots of human morality, would be like arriving at the top of a tower to declare that the rest of the building is irrelevant, that the precious concept of "tower" ought to be reserved for the summit.

  Frans de Waal

  Roots, Arriving, Would Be

  Frans de Waal (2009). “Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved”, p.181, Princeton University Press

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• I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.

  Lou Reed

  Writing, Rocks, Play

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• shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

  Ann Patchett

  Shame, Should, Circumstances

  Ann Patchett (2004). “Truth and Beauty: A Friendship”

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• The Blue Degrees are but the outer court...of the temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretation. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understands them...The true explanation is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry (those of the 32nd and 33rd degrees)

  Albert Pike

  Blue, Degrees, Temples

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• Mice are terribly chatty. They will chat about anything, and if there is nothing to chat about, they will chat about having nothing to chat about. Compared to mice, robins are reserved.

  Robin McKinley

  Robins, Mice, Ifs

  Robin Mckinley (2002). “Spindle's End”, p.114, Penguin

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• I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Religious, Writing, Games

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.12, Rajpal & Sons

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• The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

  John Ashbery

  Summer, Night, Giving

  John Ashbery (1986). “Selected Poems”

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• . . . she gave him one of those broad smiles she reserved for strangers, as if she were aware of being able to pass, in their eyes, for an ordinary woman.

  Nicole Krauss

  Eye, Ordinary, Able

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• Bath toys are reserved only for the oldest, more lethal vampires.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Vampire, Baths, Toys

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• She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Son, Names, Term

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1431, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.

  Gene Simmons

  Fun, Party, Thinking

  "Kiss' Simmons vs. NPR's Gross". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, articles.chicagotribune.com. February 20, 2002.

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• Full frontal nudity is reserved for Adam and Eve!

  Oscar Wilde

  Nudity, Adam, Adam And Eve

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• Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Mother, Children, Firsts

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• The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would drink sherbet and eat a mess of rice together.

  William Shenstone

  Sympathy, Coffee, Men

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.43

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• I'm really only capable to two emotions at this point: lust and hunger. I lost revenge a few years back, and even then, it was reserved only for ex-girlfriends and particular football games that caused me to lose a lot of money.

  Jason Mulgrew

  Football, Girlfriend, Revenge

  Source: therumpus.net

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• During years of working for a living, I have experienced much of the legal and social discrimination reserved for women in this country, I have been refused service in public restaurants, ordered out of public gathering places and turned away from apartment rentals. All for the clearly stated, sole reason that I am a woman.

  Gloria Steinem

  Country, Years, Gathering

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• Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving towards the watcher on the shore.

  Edith Wharton

  Fiction, Narrative, Moments

  Edith Wharton (2014). “The Writing of Fiction”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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