Quotes 401 till 420 of 652.
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The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
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The clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free.
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The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account for all the actions of the past.
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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
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The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
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The demand for certainty is a sign of weakness, and if we persist in it induces paralysis.
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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
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The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.
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The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.
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The feeling of being at sea has put me in touch with who I am to a greater degree than if I had been on land all these years. So, in a roundabout way, I imagine it does inform my acting.
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The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
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The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
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The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
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The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying.
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The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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The human race has an effective weapon and that is laughter.
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The human race has but one really affective weapon, and that is laughter.
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