Quotes 1461 till 1480 of 6261.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
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Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.
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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.
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Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.
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Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Do not judge a man by his friends; do not forget that Judas friends were impeccable.
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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.
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Do you realize what this means? The fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival.
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