Quotes 621 till 640 of 1785.
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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares.
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I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
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I like his holiness very much, particularly since an order, which I understand he has lately given, that no more miracles shall be performed.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of literature and speech and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.
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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.
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I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour and every moment of our lives, if we will only tune in and remain so.
letter to Hubert W. Pelt (24-02-1930) -
I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.
The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1970) -
I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.
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I never expect a soldier to think.
The Devil's Disciple (1901) -
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
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I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.
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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life.
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I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.
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