Quotes 141 till 160 of 4330.
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Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.
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I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling.
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I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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If each of us hires people smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
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In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.
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It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
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It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
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