Quotes 3361 till 3380 of 5049.
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Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.
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Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands, but never met a man in this country who had survived two wives.
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Superior knowledge is a mistake; that which rules the world is superior ignorance.
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Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.
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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
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Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The “sure thing” boat never gets far from shore.
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Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
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Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.
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Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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Take up the White Man's burden - send forth the best ye breed - go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
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Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.
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Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.
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Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
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Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
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