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knowledge men order
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order to please others, they have most generally gone on to acquire more, to please themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge simplicity complicated
The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform operations of the Godhead. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge class ferns
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge performances pretension
The highest knowledge can be nothing more than the shortest and clearest road to truth; all the rest is pretension, not performance, mere verbiage and grandiloquence, from which we can learn nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge discovery views
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge science two
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge world lifts
Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool. Charles Spurgeon
matter
Meaning, however, is no great matter. Charles Stuart Calverley
matter remember
Can I remember "I remember lots," I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter. Charles Stross
matter
Work is work, but family is for life. That's what really matters to me. Akshay Kumar
matter poor succeed
We want to show the world that no matter where you're born, no matter how poor you are, that you can succeed in life. Frank Stronach
matter no-matter-what problem
There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what. Chris Colfer
matter opponents cry
I wouldn't like to make anybody cry, I don't dislike anybody. It doesn't even matter - the opponent is always faceless. Chris Bosh
matter faces defining-moments
But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in. Darren Shan
matter truth-is trails
- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths. David Mitchell
matter needs back-to-work
What I need is a search engine that, no matter what I type in, comes back with GO BACK TO WORK. Dave Barry
causes funny-women arguing
I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause. Dave Barry
causes journalism profession
Journalism is not just a cause, its also a wacky profession. David Talbot
causes decline earnings estimates future lowering revenue slight
We are lowering our future revenue estimates modestly, which causes a slight decline in our earnings-per-share assumptions. Our fourth-quarter earnings estimate now is $1.45, down a penny, and our 2001 estimate is $4.90, down from $4.95. Kevin McCarthy
causes greatest law strictly wrong
Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong Legal Maxim
causes definitely emotional face head muscles start
When you start to see the emotional muscles contracting, you know there's some attraction. The muscles of the face are definitely emotional. The upper trapezius muscle is emotional, which causes you to flex your head and your shoulders. David Givens
causes doe made
Every advance that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience us at all, there is no cross in it. Aiden Wilson Tozer
causes enough standards
I masturbate 'cause I'm the only one whose standards are low enough to f-k me. Bo Burnham
causes ems ugly
Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly. Billy Gibbons
causes originals universe
Nothing exists without a cause, the original cause of this universe we call God. David Hume