Quotes 2701 till 2720 of 7322.
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It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and to die leaving behind everlasting renown.
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It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
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It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: ''Is it true in and for itself?''
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It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.
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It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
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It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.
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It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.
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It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
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It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.
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It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends.
The Remarkable Rocket (1888) -
It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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