Quotes 121 till 140 of 441.
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Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
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Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
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Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
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Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
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Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
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Every significant artist is a metaphysician, a propounder of beauty-truths and form-theories.
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Every time I look into the eyes of an animal I see life; the force of life and the beauty of creation
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Everyone covering 'Stage Beauty' asks me: 'What's it like to wear a dress?'
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Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
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Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the utilities of the world.
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Folly is the direct pursuit of Happiness and Beauty.
Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) #103 -
For the first fourteen years for a rod they do while for the next as a pearl in the world they do shine. For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve. For the next matrons or drudges they serve. For the next doth crave a staff for a stay. For the next a bier to fetch them away.
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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
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Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.
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Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.
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Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
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