Quotes 141 till 160 of 3204.
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The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
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The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.
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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
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The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.
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The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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There may be a new album, and there may not. Right now, we're encouraging bootlegging because there have been some great live things that ended up on the Internet. Rather than try to stop it, we like it. If nobody gave a crap about you, they wouldn't bother to bootleg you.
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There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart; they will know nothing of love and friendship.
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To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their tea.
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Unemployment is a great tragedy. The man who goes about hopelessly seeking work in order to earn bread for his children is a living reproach to civilization.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
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When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost.
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Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
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