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The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.
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The land was ours before we were the land s. She was our land more than a hundred years before we were her people.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms - hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
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The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Psychological reflections: an anthology of the writings of C. G. Jung (1961) -
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
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The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'
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The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
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The less routine the more life.
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The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
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The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
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The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
On Suicide -
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
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The local is a shabby thing. There's nothing worse than bringing us back down to our own little corner, our own territory, the radiant promiscuity of the face to face. A culture which has taken the risk of the universal, must perish by the universal.
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