Quotes 261 till 280 of 387.
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Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.
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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
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Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.
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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727) -
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
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Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly.
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Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
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Such laboured nothings, in so strange a style, I amaze the unlearn'd, and make the learned smile.
Essay on Criticism 327 -
Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
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Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me.
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That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable, is made up of civility and falsehood.
Thoughts (1754) -
The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.
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The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
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The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.
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The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
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The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.
Memorials of the Spanish Civil War: the official publication of the International Brigade Association -
The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.
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