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Quotes 2081 till 2100 of 3762.

  • Thomas Carlyle Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bertrand Russell Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason ;knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • William Allen White Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
    William Allen White
    American editor, writer (1868 - 1944)
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  • Hegel Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational.
    Hegel
     
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  • George Bernard Shaw Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Harold Lindsell Regardless of the day or the hour; whether in seeming good times or bad, the Christian lives in the world for the good of the world and for the sake of the world.
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Patrick Henry Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Salman Rushdie Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Karl Marx Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • John Ruskin Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for instance.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • J. C. Macaulay Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
    J. C. Macaulay
    American clergyman and author (1900 - )
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  • Jean Genet Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it.
    Jean Genet
    French playwright and author (1910 - 1986)
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  • James Russell Lowell Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Beth Brooke Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Frank Crane Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.
    Frank Crane
    American actor
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  • Edmund Burke Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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