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british-statesman business found great guiding himself learning man
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. John Morley
british-statesman general improvement mankind supposed taking
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
british-statesman cause evolution force
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
british-statesman great life ought
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
british-statesman cannot emotions
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
british-statesman duty examine laws religion sure worship
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
british-statesman good hold unless
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
british-statesman brought good proverb
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
british-statesman literature
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
greatness
There is greatness in everyone. Charlie Chaplin
greatness quality individual
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. Charles Sumner
greatness
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
greatness france
France cannot be France without greatness.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
life-is trouble permanent
Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.
life intelligent men
Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterwards. The progress of science is far ahead of man's ethical behavior.
life sea sardines
So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!
life smile cheer-up
You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.
life good-morning make-others-happy
Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.
life laughter long
Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.
life simple journey
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. Charles Dudley Warner
life political politics
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
life ideas appreciate
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea of a tree, instead of appreciating the actual trees in front of us. Charles de Lint
ought persons reasons records remain
Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files. Louis Stokes
ought
I think the Vice-President ought to re-read the constitution. Edward Kennedy
ought unless
To do what ought to be done but what would not have been done unless I did it, I thought to be my duty.
ought
I think we ought to raze that prison, Pat Roberts
ought
I think we ought to find a way to do it.
ought remain
A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor. Lady Bird Johnson
ought taste tomatoes
My tomatoes taste like tomatoes used to taste, ought to taste and still do taste.
ought process sit solve talk view
My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems? Dan Miller
ought
It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance. Ruth Rendell