Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 4180.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.
Source: Speech Cairo, 04-06-2009 -
It is easier to stay out than get out.
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It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
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It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
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It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them.
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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (1823) XXXIII -
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (2011) 32 -
It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.
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It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle's eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.
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