Quotes with true-story

Quotes 1301 till 1320 of 1326.

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Pablo Picasso I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Bryan Robson I've left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that's not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they'd never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Epictetus If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Thomas Fuller If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Aristotle In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Blair Underwood In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've proven that you love your sisters and you proven you will come back home like in 42.4% they'll give you a pass when you jump ship. I hear it all the time.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Denis Diderot It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Pablo Picasso Now there is fame! Of all - hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public - fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is true.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Elias Canetti Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Simone Weil The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Virginia Woolf The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Claude Bernard The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
    Claude Bernard
    French physiologist (1813 - 1878)
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  • Simone Weil There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Helen Keller True happiness ... is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy cause.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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