Quotes 4101 till 4120 of 9142.
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It is true that they that have sovereign power may commit iniquity, but not injustice or injury in the proper signification.
Leviathan (1651) XVIII -
It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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It is unimaginable that anyone, right or left, can aspire to be president without having thought about this. Every candidate has the stage; the Republicans have used it to fuss unproductively over the Common Core. The Democrats have all but refused to speak.
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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.
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It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.
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It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves... have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.
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It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts - you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
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It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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It is well enough to say that we shall be consistent, but consistent with what?... The origins of the rule? The course and tendency of development? With logic or philosophy? With the fundamental conceptions of jurisprudence? All these loyalties are possible. All have sometimes prevailed.
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It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.
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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
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It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.
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It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.
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It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
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It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
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It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
A Bit O' Love (1915) -
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
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