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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
Critics and Criticism
Jean De La Bruyere

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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Bores and Boredom
Jean De La Bruyere

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Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.
Appearance
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
Cleverness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
Modesty
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Envy
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Creativity
Edwin H. Land

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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
Courage
Lao-Tzu

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The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
Perfection
Doug Larson

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Obey the principles without being bound by them.
Principles
Bruce Lee

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I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.
Fulfillment
Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
Marriage
John Lennon

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The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.
Meaning of Life
Lin-Chi

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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Risk
Walter Lippmann

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The easiest thing a human being can do is to criticize another human being.
Critics and Criticism
Lynn M. Little

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Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
Baseball
Ron Luciano

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Every person of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
Genius
Robert S. Lund

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The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
Winners and Winning
John Madden

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A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.
Education
Horace Mann

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Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.
Socializing and Socialism
Thomas Mann

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Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.
Business
Jim Manzi

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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Wisdom
Orison Swett Marden

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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Ideas
Don Marquis

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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Humankind
Thurgood Marshall

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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
Value
Karl Marx

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun