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  • Henry Fielding It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Samuel Johnson It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Adam Smith It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Immanuel Kant It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Samuel Butler It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Epictetus It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Joyce Carol Oates It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.
    Joyce Carol Oates
    American writer (1938 - )
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  • John Ruskin It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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  • Marie Dressler It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
    Marie Dressler
    Canadian stage and film actress (1868 - 1934)
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  • Anaxagoras It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.
    Anaxagoras
    Greek philosopher (500 - 428)
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  • George Edward Woodberry It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.
    George Edward Woodberry
    American poet and literary critic (1855 - 1930)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not length of life, but depth of life.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Voltaire It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Camille Paglia It is not male hatred of women but male fear of women that is the great universal.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Agnes E. Meyer It is not more people that are needed in the world but better people, physically, morally and mentally. This question of raising the quality of our American population must also be taken into account in the question of immigration.
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  • Lord Melbourne It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Aristotle It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Molière It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Antonin Artaud It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
    Antonin Artaud
    French producer and actor (1896 - 1948)
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