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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Anne Sullivan I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.
    Anne Sullivan
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Thomas Fuller If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Robert M. Pirsig It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth. and so it goes away. Puzzling.
    Robert M. Pirsig
    American writer and philosopher (1928 - 2017)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Denis Diderot Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Wallace Stevens Most modern reproducers of life, even including the camera, really repudiate it. We gulp down evil, choke at good.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Winston Churchill Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
    Harrow School, 29-10-1941
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Augustus Hare Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Joan Borysenko Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve.
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  • Pablo Picasso The chief enemy of creativity is good taste.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Thomas Fuller The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Ben Shapiro The Left masks its distaste for the Bible's condemnation of homosexuality in a straw man argument that Bible believers are violent bigots. They are not. Citing the Bible doesn't make you a bigot against human beings - it makes you a bigot against sin, which is a good thing.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Denis Diderot The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Jacob Bronowski The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
    Jacob Bronowski
    British Scientist, Author (1908 - 1974)
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  • Charles Dickens The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Pablo Picasso We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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