Quotes 61 till 80 of 325.
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Every poet and musician and artist, but for Grace, is drawn away from love of the thing he tells to love of the telling till, down in Deep Hell, they cannot be interested in God at all but only in what they say about Him.
The Great Divorce (1944) -
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.
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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
De Consolatione Philosophia Book 2, prose 4 -
For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?
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Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
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Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard work.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
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