Quotes 2621 till 2640 of 20393.
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
Wolkenatlas (2008) 357 -
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Books tap the wisdom of our species - the greatest minds, the best teachers - from all over the world and from all our history. And they're patient.
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Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
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Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary; to men of real science, they are tools: but more are tools to them.
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
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Bored with your present enemies? Make new ones! Tell two of your women friends that they look alike.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
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Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
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Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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Bottom 10 Percent progressives are not enthusiastic about concentrations of wealth. But that's not what keeps them up at night. Their focus is on deprivation and lack of opportunity. They're motivated by empathy for people who are suffering, rather than outrage over unjustified wealth.
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Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.
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Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?
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Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what it was. A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy.
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