Quotes 1641 till 1660 of 3581.
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It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
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It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
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It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
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It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.
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It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.
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It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man is in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio -
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.
Source: Letter (8 November 1952) -
It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. We must not use the Bible as a sort of encyclopedia out of which texts can be taken for use as weapons.
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.
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It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
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It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
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It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his readers is sure to skip them.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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