Quotes 1781 till 1800 of 25180.
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A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
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A sudden violent jolt of it has been known to stop the victim's watch, snap his suspenders and crack his glass eye right across.
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A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath. And dainty is his repast; but remember that luxury's prodigal hand keeps the furnace of toil in blast.
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A superficial knowledge is not enough. It must be a knowledge capable of analyzing a situation quickly and making an immediate decision.
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A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept at planning their crimes, and few of their capers met with any success; most seemed to end within moments of starting, usually after a fatherly pilot convinced the nervous teen to hand over his gun.
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A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's wife.
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A t American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what a man needs to be happy ?
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A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
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A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.
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A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
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A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.
Source: De last die ze droegen (1990) 80 -
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
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A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.
Source: Pinocchio
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