Quotes 5941 till 5960 of 10331.
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One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalized by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
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One is forced to speak not of what is held in common between the cultures, but what is held in common between the myths, and that in its simplest archetypal forms.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.
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One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.
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One lesson is that if you want to predict voter turnout, you should ask whether at least one candidate is attracting high levels of enthusiasm - not whether the stakes are high, or even perceived to be high. That fits the historical pattern.
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One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
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One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then
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One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
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One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
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One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.
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One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
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One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.
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One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
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One must not believe any of those mythologies about oneself as an artist.
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One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.
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