Quotes 221 till 240 of 1730.
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And where the offence is, let the great axe fall.
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Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.
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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of ''speculation''; but which ought to be called Gambling.
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Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.
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Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.
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Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do.
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Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.
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Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
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Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.
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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
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As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.
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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.
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As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
I collected some of their Proverbs.
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