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Quotes 921 till 940 of 13894.

  • Alexander Cockburn A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.
    Alexander Cockburn
    Irish-American political journalist and writer (1941 - 2012)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Abigail Van Buren A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
    Abigail Van Buren
    American advice columnist and radio show host (1918 - 2013)
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  • Arnold J. Toynbee A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.
    Arnold J. Toynbee
    British historian and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Ezra Pound A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Ezra Pound A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Anthony Holden A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Elbert Hubbard A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Cyril Northcote Parkinson A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
    Cyril Northcote Parkinson
    British naval historian (1909 - 1993)
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  • Bernard Berenson A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the not-self that there is no self left to die.
    Bernard Berenson
    American art historian (1865 - 1959)
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  • George Santayana A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Frank Dane A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Alfred E. Wiggam A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
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  • Frank Vanderlip A conservative is a man who does not think that anything should be done for the first time.
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  • Elbert Hubbard A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Walter Bagehot A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Joseph Addison A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Truman Capote A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
    Truman Capote
    American writer (1924 - 1984)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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