Quotes 3741 till 3760 of 4584.
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
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There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been divinely ordained.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.
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There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.
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There is nothing more rewarding than winning when you're looked at as not being capable of doing so.
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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2013) 526 -
There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.
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