Quotes 681 till 700 of 1789.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
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It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one members suffers, all the members suffer with it.
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It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in all powerful phrase-making.
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It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe -you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
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It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.
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It is well enough to say that we shall be consistent, but consistent with what?... The origins of the rule? The course and tendency of development? With logic or philosophy? With the fundamental conceptions of jurisprudence? All these loyalties are possible. All have sometimes prevailed.
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