Quotes 201 till 220 of 321.
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The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, and view the cheerful skies; in this, the task and mighty labor lies.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
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The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger.
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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
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The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
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The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.
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The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
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The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
In a Free State (2012) 162 -
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
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The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.
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The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.
The Name of the Rose (2014) 527 -
The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.
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The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science.
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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.
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The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
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