Quotes 161 till 180 of 948.
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But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
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But when mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill!Source: Rape of the Lock (1712) Canto III, 125 -
By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber.
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By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.
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By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
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By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
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By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.
Source: Legend (2011) 33 -
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
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Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.
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Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.
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Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.
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Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
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Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.
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Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.
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Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.
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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
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Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.
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Consider everything in the nature of a hanging fixture a weakness, and naked radiators an abomination
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