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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
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A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this is our world. It is our responsibility to cherish it. Of all the worlds in our solar system, the only one so far as we know, graced by life.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 58 min 56 sec -
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
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A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.
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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.
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A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.
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A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
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A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.'
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A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.
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A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
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A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.
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A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.
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A woman's faults, be they never so small, cast a shadow which all her virtues cannot dispel.
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A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
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A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.
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A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
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