Quotes 221 till 240 of 273.
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There is no secret so close as between a rider and his horse.
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There is one thing that matters - to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.
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There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the sky.
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They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life, which would have been made, had the earth been divided into equal portions among all its inhabitants, and thus without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.
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This Englishwoman is so refined, she has no bosom and no behind.
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This invisibility [of Black women], however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.
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Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn't a God.
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Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side.
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To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers.
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To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.
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To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
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Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.
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True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye.
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Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
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Ultimately, the court is heading to a doctrine of 'separation of campaign and state.' This doctrine, like separation of church and state or separation of military and civilian authority, is not explicit in the Constitution but flows naturally from its structure and commitment to freedom and democracy.
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