Quotes 4281 till 4300 of 10439.
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It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.
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It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. Even the stain on the coffee cup seems not coffee but the physical manifestation of one's inner stain, the fatal blot that from the beginning had marked one for ultimate aloneness.
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It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.
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It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.
Source: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908) -
It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
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It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
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It is good rule in life to never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
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It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
Source: The Hotel New Hampshire (1986) -
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.
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It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes.
Source: Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry -
It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.
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It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
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It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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