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445 quotesI sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
Joy
C. S. Lewis
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If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
Dishonesty
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Action
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Control
Abraham Lincoln
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There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Pleasure
Mary Little
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Perseverance
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.
Pleasure
Anita Loos
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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
Incredulity
James Russell Lowell
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The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
Idols
James Russell Lowell
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The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
Praise
James Russell Lowell
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Might was the measure of right.
Morality
F. L. Lucan
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The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself.
Prosperity
F. L. Lucan
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Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.
Money
Lucian
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The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
God
Martin Luther
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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
Honesty
John Lyly
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Loving is the only sure road out of darkness, the only serum known that cures self-centeredness.
Egotism
Roger M'Ckuen
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Character
Thomas B. Macaulay
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Poverty and The Poor
Madonna
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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
Problems
Joseph De Maistre
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The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Books - Reading
Katherine Mansfield
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It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.
Myth
Greil Marcus
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Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove.
Living Together
Christopher Marlowe
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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
Age and Aging
W. Somerset Maugham
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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
Affection
Andre Maurois
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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
Confidence
Andre Maurois
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun