Quotes 741 till 760 of 10331.
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A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again
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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
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A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.
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A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
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A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
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A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
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A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.
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A man's possessions are just as large as his own soul. If this title-deeds cover more, the surplus acres own him, not he the acres.
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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895) -
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
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A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
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A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980) -
A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.
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