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2913 quotesThe sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.
Nature
John Ruskin
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When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
Egotism
John Ruskin
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All human activity is prompted by desire.
Desire
Bertrand Russell
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Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived.
Fools and Foolishness
Bertrand Russell
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Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do.
Thoughts and Thinking
Bertrand Russell
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Most people would rather die than think: many do.
Death and Dying
Bertrand Russell
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
Cooperation
Bertrand Russell
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Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man.
Thoughts and Thinking
Bertrand Russell
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A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Proverbs
John Russell
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
Sin
Russian Proverb
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When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
Judgment and Judges
Russian Proverb
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It is dangerous sending a young man who is beautiful to Oxford.
Colleges and Universities
Dudley Ryder
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
Adversity
Saadi
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Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.
Destructiveness
Marquis De Sade
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Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
Lust
Marquis De Sade
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The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
Faults
Marquis De Sade
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Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to all who claim her.
Women
Marquis De Sade
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I wish you all manner of prosperity, with a little more taste.
Taste
Alain-Rene Le Sage
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Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
Unknown
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
Action
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
Fashion
Yves Saint-Laurent
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There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.
Age and Aging
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
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Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
Blame
Saki
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A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
Charm
Edgar Saltus
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Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.
Work
George Sand
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun