Quotes 8461 till 8480 of 10005.
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Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
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Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.
Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) 96 -
Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.
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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
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Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning.
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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
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To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.
Source: Letter to Sir Horace Mann (27-05-1776) -
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
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To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
― Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887) -
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
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