Quotes 1761 till 1780 of 4570.
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It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
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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 easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
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It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
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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 even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.
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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 fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
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It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.
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It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.
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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood.
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It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.
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It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.
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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
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It is in games that many men discover their paradise.
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