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It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
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It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.
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It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
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It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation.
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It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
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It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.
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It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites - opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no polarity - where energies flow smoothly in one direction - there will be much doing but no music.
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It is the stupidest children who are the most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.
Source: The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) The Silver Chair (1953), Ch. 16 : The Healing of H -
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
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It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.
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It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour.
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It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know, and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.
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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.
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It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.
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It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.
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It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.
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It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.
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It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.
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