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Quotes 2261 till 2280 of 2790.

  • Machiavelli There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Aeschylus There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Bertolt Brecht There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Henry van Dyke There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • William Somerset Maugham There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Adolph P. Gouthey There are two great forces in this world - good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has lost and won battle for a principle.
    Adolph P. Gouthey
    American writer
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  • Billy Graham There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Dean William R. Inge There are two kinds of fools: One says, ''This is old therefore it is good.'' The other one says, ''This is new therefore it is better.''
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, ''Is it good in itself?'' In the second, ''Can it be easily put into practice?''
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Barry Sternlicht There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
    Barry Sternlicht
    billionaire and the (1960 - )
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  • Buddha There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • C. Everett Koop There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Brooks Atkinson There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each other's throat.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • David J. Schwartz There is a good side to every situation.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Freeman Dyson There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
    Freeman Dyson
    American arts, writer (1923 - 2020)
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  • Jack Kemp There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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  • Adrian Edmondson There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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  • Bo Bennett There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • E. B. White There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Pearl Bailey There is a period of life when we swallow knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
    Pearl Bailey
    American actress (1918 - 1990)
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