Quotes 7721 till 7740 of 10331.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
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The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
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The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
Original:Le savant n'est pas l'homme qui fournit les vraies réponses; c'est celui qui pose les vraies questions.
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.
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The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach-waiting for a gift from the sea.
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The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
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The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
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