Quotes 61 till 80 of 121.
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One must keep on pointing out that Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin us.
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of
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Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within.
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People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.
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People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false; a gift confers no rights.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings.
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Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain that the virtuous.
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Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes Than the first four hours of a diet.
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Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.
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Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
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The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. There is therefore, something in true beauty that corresponds with right reason, and is not the mere creation of fancy.
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The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
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