Quotes 2301 till 2320 of 2950.
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The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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The question of common sense is ''what is it good for?'' A question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.
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The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly.
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The road to ignorance is paved with good editors.
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The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
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The sacred, I shall say, is that which acts as your partner in the search for the highest and deepest things: the real, the true, the good, and the beautiful. The name I'd like to give to the kind of relationship that gives us a chance to find such things is a 'circle of meaning.'
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The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
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The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.
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The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place.
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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
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The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom -
The song is the center; the song is the key. If you don't have a good song you don't have anything by my value.
As quoted in The King is Still Alive in The Birmingham Post [England] (6 November 2001) -
The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.
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The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who pleases Mommy and Daddy but internalizes anger, you're setting yourself up for disease.
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