Quotes 141 till 160 of 186.
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The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.
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The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
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The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.
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The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.
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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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There be some men who are born only to suck out the poison of books.
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There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
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There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.
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There's a Bible on the shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire-poison and antidote.
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