Quotes 321 till 340 of 10221.
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If men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know that they ever had any.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling.
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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
Source: Ann Druyan (2011) 354 -
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.
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If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who can not, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.
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In the average newspaper there is not a complete suppression of stories that the sacred cows don't want printed. But rather what happens is that the stories get printed with stresses, colorations and emphasis that favor the sacred cows.
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Intolerance is the ''Do Not Touch'' sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!
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It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
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It is a corrupting thing to live one's real life in secret. One should live with the stream of life, not against it.
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