Quotes 7721 till 7740 of 10005.
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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 reward of one's duty is the power to fulfill another.
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The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
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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.
Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The right man is the one that seizes the moment.
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The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.
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The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly; in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.
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The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.
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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 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 sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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The sea hath fish for every man.
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The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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