Quotes 81 till 100 of 101.
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There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
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There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.
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This gift is from God and not of man's deserving. But certainly no one ever receives such a great grace without tremendous labor and burning desire.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]
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To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization - is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.
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To speak well supposes a habit of attention which shows itself in the thought; by language we learn to think, and above all to develop thought.
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We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer.
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We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.
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When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
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Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?
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You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.
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