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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
No one watches 'Taxi Driver' and says, 'Oh, it's a male-oriented film.' No one looks at nine-tenths of the films out there that are headlined by men and say, 'It's a male-oriented film.'
The fact is most computer roleplaying games that offer a zillion highly specialized skills end up with nine-tenths of a zillion skills that every player quickly realizes aren't worth the experience points to buy.
The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
I believe and find in my study of art that the real artist is nine-tenths of the time a craftsman, and it is only in that small one-tenth of the time that he rises to the elevated position of a prophet and a master.