Quotes 521 till 540 of 780.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.
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The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.
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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
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The church exists to train its member through the practice of the presence of God to be servants of others, to the end that Christlikeness may become common property.
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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything.
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The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.
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The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.
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The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.
The Worlds Last Night (1952) -
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.
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The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
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The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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The end of birth is death; the end of death Is birth: this is ordained! and mournest thou, Chief of the stalwart arm! for what befalls Which could not otherwise befall?
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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
Second Treatise of Government VI, sec. 57 -
The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.
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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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