Quotes 181 till 200 of 229.
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
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The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we are.
Cosmos (1980) -
The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it.
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There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.
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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
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There is no conflict between liberty and safety. We will have both or neither.
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There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.
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There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.
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There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.
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There's nae sorrow there, John,
There's neither cauld nor care, John,
The day is aye fair,
In the land o' the leal. -
They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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This sea will never die, neither will it ever grow old, nor cease to be blue, nor in the dawn cease to lift up its hills and let the slim black ship of Dionysos come sailing in with grapevines up the mast.
Middle of the World (1929) -
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
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To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
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To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
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