Quotes 201 till 220 of 631.
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I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.
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I tell you one thing - if you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
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I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem.
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I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
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I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
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I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!
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I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
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