Quotes 1821 till 1840 of 4330.
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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.
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It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle's eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.
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It is far easier to make war than to make peace.
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It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.
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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 for want of application, rather than of means that people fail,
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It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!'
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.
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It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
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It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.
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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's ''mature'' critics often are.
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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies.
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It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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