Quotes 4401 till 4420 of 10716.
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It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.
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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 almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses.
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It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
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It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
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It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy of their religion.
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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
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It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.
Source: Down and Out in Paris and London Ch. 33 -
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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