Quotes 1141 till 1160 of 3120.
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own period.
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
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It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.
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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
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It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.
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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
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It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood.
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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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It is in games that many men discover their paradise.
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It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
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It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.
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It is no wonder that advocates of Obamacare blindly push forward with their agenda to force religious Americans to violate their own precepts: in the war between the state and the individual, religion is on the side of the individual and his or her relationship with God. That is why symbolic prayer matters. It is symbolic.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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It is not a lucky word, this name ''impossible''; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.
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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.
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It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
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