Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Anna Julia Cooper If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.
    Anna Julia Cooper
    American author, activist and sociologist (1858 - 1964)
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  • Andreas Capellanus If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.
    Andreas Capellanus
    French writer (1150 - 1220)
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  • Seneca If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ben Horowitz If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they are is a critical part of building this trust.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo If the nature of a thing is such that it is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently made, it is then a thing of danger. Its nature gives warning of the consequences to be expected. If to the element of danger there is added knowledge that the thing will be used by persons other than the purchaser, and used without new tests, then, irrespective of contract, the manufacturer of this thing of danger is under a duty to make it carefully.
    MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Ben Stein If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Robert South If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
    Robert South
    English churchman (1634 - 1716)
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  • Thomas Jefferson If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Bill Vaughan If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist it's another nonconformist who does not conform to the prevailing standards of non-conformity.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Teena Booth If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Bertrand Russell If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Billy Wilder If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.
    The Bright Side of Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Penelope Fitzgerald If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
    Penelope Fitzgerald
    English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer (1916 - 2000)
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  • William James If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained... it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Seneca If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Francis Quarles If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Democritus If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
    Democritus
    Greek scientist, astronomist and philosopher (460 - 380)
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  • Epicurus If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
    Epicurus
    Greek Philosopher (341 - 270)
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  • William Penn If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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