Quotes 941 till 960 of 2185.
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.
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It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
The Hotel New Hampshire (1986) -
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
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It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.
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It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have... insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
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IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.
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It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in suspense or reserved. This hypothesis would explain the enormous content of the brain as a maker or presenter of images.
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It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural.
The Clash of Civilizations? (1993) -
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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It is no sign of intellectual greatness to hold other men cheaply. A great intellect takes for granted that other men are more or less like itself.
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