Quotes 1801 till 1820 of 3899.
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It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.
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It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
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It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.
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It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.
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It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.
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It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.
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It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.
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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.
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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.
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It is well within the order of things that man should listen when his mate sings; but the true male never yet walked who liked to listen when his mate talked.
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It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.
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It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.
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It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.
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It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
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It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
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