Quotes 1181 till 1200 of 1714.
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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.
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The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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The aim of education should be to convert the mind into living fountain, and not a reservoir.
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The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.
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The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
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The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible of a final military solution.
Westpoint, 06-06-1962 -
The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
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The basis of effective government if public confidence.
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The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.
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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
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The best work never was and never will be done for money.
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