Quotes 61 till 80 of 2072.
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Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.
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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
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Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
― Frederick Douglass
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Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
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Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust.
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Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
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So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
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Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.
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The man who never has money enough to pay his debts has too much of something else.
Source: Sparks from the philosopher's stone (1882) -
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.
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