Quotes 261 till 280 of 3762.
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A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895) -
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
Source: inaugurele rede 14-8-1947 -
A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
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A movie I must have seen 10 times is 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.' It's an old movie, but still such a beautiful message. If I had only one film I could take on my computer on a desert island, I would take 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.'
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A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
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A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
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A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.
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A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.
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A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.
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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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