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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.
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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
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The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
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The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
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The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace.
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The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.
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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
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The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.
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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
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The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To ''make a beeline'' for something. That's worthy of being immortal and is immortal in English idiom. ''I guess I'll split'' is not going to be immortal and is excludable, therefore excluded.
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The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
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