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The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no less natural and necessary than liberty but more dangerous.
Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. III, POWER AND LIBERTY A THEORY OF POLITICS, p -
The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.
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The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.
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The wireless segment is approximately 50 percent of our business... we believe this is an industry-wide phenomenon and that we are, in fact, maintaining if not gaining market share.
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
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The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
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The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
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The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of ''nothing attempted, nothing gained'' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
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The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
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