Quotes 21 till 40 of 53.
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It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio -
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.
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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's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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Lesbian feminists, for all their ideals of sisterhood and solidarity, can treat each other with a fickleness, a parasitic exploitativeness, and vicious spite that have to be seen to be believed.
Vamps and Tramps (1994) -
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
The Problem of Pain (1940) -
Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.
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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
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Not to know vice at all, and keep true state,
Is virtue, and not fate:
Next to that virtue is to know vice well,
And her black spite expel.The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio Epode, lines 1-4. -
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
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Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?
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Spite of all the fools that pride has made, 'Tis not on man a useless burthen laid; Pride has ennobled some, and some disgraced; It hurts not in itself, but as 'tis placed; When right, its views know none but virtue's bound; When wrong, it scarcely looks one inch around.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.
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The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
Murder on the Orient Express (1934) -
The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
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The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.
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