Quotes 61 till 80 of 113.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong.
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Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.
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Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
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Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
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Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.
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Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.
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Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.
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Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.
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That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
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The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
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The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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The feeling of gratitude has all the ardor of a passion in noble hearts.
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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.
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The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
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The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
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