Quotes 661 till 680 of 1789.
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It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland when we are about to lose it.
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It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted.
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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 especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
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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 feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.
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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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