Quotes 401 till 420 of 659.
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The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.
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The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake.
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The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.
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The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
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The global work of the United Nations is not without reason compared to that of a family - striving for a common goal in concert with all members for a better future.
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing: we know this in countless ways.
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The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
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The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. He is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
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The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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