Quotes with well-descended

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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel 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.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Marcia Wieder 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.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • George S. Patton It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • C. S. Lewis 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.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Epicurus 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.
    Epicurus
    Greek Philosopher (341 - 270)
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  • Aesop It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Plutarch It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Kin Hubbard It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Andrew Cohen 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.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • René Descartes It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
    René Descartes
    French philosopher, scientist (1596 - 1650)
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  • Julius Caesar It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon It is not well to make great changes in old age.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale 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.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.
    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Burmese politician (1945 - )
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  • Arthur Capper It is our duty to see that our future citizens are well born; that they are properly nourished, and are reared in that environment most likely to develop in them their full capacity and powers.
    Arthur Capper
    American politician (1865 - 1951)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Jean Rostand It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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