Quotes 801 till 820 of 1106.
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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
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The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays -
The only two shows I watch are 'Walking Dead' and 'Nashville,' but both just went off the air for a couple of months, so I feel like I have to be productive because I'm not sitting around waiting for the next episode of zombies or mainstream country music.
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The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.
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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
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The post-war publish or perish tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called her retirement from public life but we've seen in fact it's nothing of the kind.
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The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
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