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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.
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.
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.
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.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
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.
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
sake fame
Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down. David Giuntoli
sake privilege spirit
We have been given the privilege to host this presence. The Holy Spirit is in me for my sake but he is upon me for yours. Bill Johnson
sake leisure hopeless
Leisure is non-work for the sake of work. Leisure is the time spent recovering from work and in the frenzied but hopeless attempt to forget about work. Bob Black
sake endeavor communicate
Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others? Benjamin Franklin
sake mud politician
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal. Boris Yeltsin
sake
Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake! Jan Karon
sake time
The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time. Tina Fey
sake pills world
The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill! Edward Abbey
sake wealth making-money
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else. Aristotle
moments lifetime feels
You start to live when a moment feels like a lifetime Chris Brown
moments
Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now? Byron Katie
moments enough good-enough
I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough. Bryan Ferry
moments rescue surprising
It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments. Aimee Bender
moments bigs studios
The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. David Hockney
moments excuse distinction
Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself. Antonin Artaud
moments that-moment factors
Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment. Diego Maradona
moments comic reports
Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments. Dick Cavett
moments
I'm in an on-off relationship at the moment. Cat Deeley