Quotes 1361 till 1380 of 1714.
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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 work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
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The worst drugs are as bad as anybody's told you. It's just a dumb trip, which I can't condemn people if they get into it, because one gets into it for one's own personal, social, emotional reasons. It's something to be avoided if one can help it.
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The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.
Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert (1848) p.184 -
The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: ''There is life, but it's not for you.''
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it - a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes - will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
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The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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Then there were his encounters with the two mystics. Trudeau met Mounier only once, according to the Nemnis; and according to John English, he had only one direct encounter with Teilhard de Chardin.
Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Substance, Pressure, Beyond, Pulse in Matter, p. 2 -
There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean.
The World According To Garp (2012) -
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
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There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.
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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
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There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments.
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There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
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There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
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There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is L.A., obviously. Another is New York. And I think Atlanta has to be in the top five cities where fashion is very big.
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