Quotes 401 till 420 of 607.
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The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
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The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land.
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The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.
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The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
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The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
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The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.
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The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.
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The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.
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The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.
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The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.
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The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.
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The greatest man in history was the poorest.
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The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.
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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.
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The highest compact we can make with our fellow is: 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'
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The highest virtue is always against the law.
Conduct of Life (1876) Worship -
The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
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