Quotes 501 till 520 of 1350.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.
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It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio -
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.
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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
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It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.
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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
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It is hard to have patience with people who say ''There is no death'' or ''Death doesn't matter.'' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.
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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
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It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.
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It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
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It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
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It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
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It is not well to make great changes in old age.
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It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
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