Quotes 17681 till 17700 of 25937.
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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
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The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.
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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
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The end of man is an action and not a thought, though it were the noblest.
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The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone.
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The energy in the banjo, and the beef in the bass. They're good tools to express yourself.
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The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
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The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.
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The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
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The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.
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The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.
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The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
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The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
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The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.
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