Quotes 1121 till 1140 of 4539.
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
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Did I get jiggy with Will? I would have to say no! Did I have fun with Will? I would have to say yeah! But you know, I did not jig with the man, if you know what I'm saying!
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Do not judge a man by his friends; do not forget that Judas friends were impeccable.
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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.
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Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.
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Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival.
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Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
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Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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Don't place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being as honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night.
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Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
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Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
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Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.
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