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I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.
Interest
James Russell Lowell

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It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
James Russell Lowell

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Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Crime and Criminals
James Russell Lowell

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The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.
Heart
James Russell Lowell

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The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it.
Ideals and Idealism
James Russell Lowell

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But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?
Women
Clare Boothe Luce

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The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!
Courage
Timothy Luce

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The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.
Happiness
Lucian

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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
Perseverance
Lucretius

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A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
Servants
Martin Luther

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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Faith
Martin Luther

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Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.
Freedom
Martin Luther

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Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
Truth
Martin Luther

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Superstition, idolatry and hypocrisy have ample wages, but the truth goes begging.
Truth
Martin Luther

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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
Honesty
John Lyly

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It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.
Suffering
Robert Lynd

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Victory
Douglas Macarthur

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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
Soul
Douglas Macarthur

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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
Advice
J. C. Macaulay

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Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
Repentance
J. C. Macaulay

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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
Persuasion
Thomas B. Macaulay

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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
Trials
George Macdonald

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To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
Contentment
George Macdonald

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we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Giving
Norman Macewan

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You know how to conquer, Hannibal, but not how to profit by your victory.
Victory
Macherbal

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