Quotes 1641 till 1660 of 3904.
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It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
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It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights; at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune.
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. III -
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.
Source: Down and Out in Paris and London Ch. 33 -
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.
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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
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It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.
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It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
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It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.
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It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
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It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes.
Source: Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry -
It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.
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It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.
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It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.
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It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
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It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.
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It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
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