Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 10681.
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Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost.
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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.
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Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
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Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud.
Romeo and Juliet (1595) -
Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a certain potency of life in them, to be as active as the soul whose progeny they are; they preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of the living intellect that bred them.
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Books are not made for furniture but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house
The Duty of Owning Books (1859) -
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
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Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States.
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Bottom 10 Percent progressives are not enthusiastic about concentrations of wealth. But that's not what keeps them up at night. Their focus is on deprivation and lack of opportunity. They're motivated by empathy for people who are suffering, rather than outrage over unjustified wealth.
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Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what it was. A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy.
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