Quotes 201 till 220 of 488.
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In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
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In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.
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In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.
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In law, as in every other branch of knowledge, the truths given by induction tend to form the premises for new deductions. The lawyers and the judges of successive generations do not repeat for themselves the process of verification any more than most of us repeat the demonstrations of the truths of astronomy or physics.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
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In short, the building becomes a theatrical demonstration of its functional ideal. In this romanticism, high-tech architecture is, of course, no different in spirit - if totally different in form - from all the romantic architecture of the past.
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In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
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Inevitably we look upon society, so kind to you, so harsh to us, as an ill-fitting form that distorts the truth; deforms the mind; fetters the will.
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Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
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Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
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Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
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Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air?
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
The lonely life: an autobiography
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