Quotes 3721 till 3740 of 3762.
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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
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Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
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Philanthropist. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
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Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
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Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love.
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President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on the world stage, an America with a more controlling executive branch and less conflict in the legislative branch, an America in which the government takes care of us, be we Pajama Boys or Julias.
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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
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Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
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The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
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The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
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The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
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