Quotes with good-fortune

Quotes 2521 till 2540 of 2950.

  • Ernest Renan To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
    Ernest Renan
    French writer and critic (1823 - 1892)
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  • Plutarch To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Claudius To do no evil is good, to intend none better.
    Claudius
    Roman emperor (10 - 54)
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  • Hippocrates To do nothing is also a good remedy.
    Hippocrates
    Greek physician (460 - 377)
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  • W. M. Thackeray To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Josh Billings To enjoy a good reputation give publicly, and steal privately.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Buddha To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Ovid To give requires good sense.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Barbra Streisand To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Anton Chekhov To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Buddha To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Bruce Catton To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • Marguerite Duras To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead - somewhere these two loves come together. To love a no-good but humble punk and to love an honest man who believes himself to be an honest man - somewhere these, too, come together.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Oscar Wilde To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Plutarch To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Aeschylus To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Bruce Feirstein To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife.
    Bruce Feirstein
    American screenwriter and humorist (1956 - )
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  • Bjorn Lomborg To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • John Churton Collins To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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