Quotes 701 till 720 of 25419.
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Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
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If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.
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If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigor as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honor of our wives and daughters?
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
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If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?
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If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
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If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.
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If men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know that they ever had any.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling.
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If she [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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If there is one thing in this wonderful world of ours that is worth preserving, defending, and promoting, it is the White Race.
Natures Eternal Religion Natures Eternal Religion (1973), Ch. 2 -
If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
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If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
Ann Druyan (2011) 354 -
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.
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