One of the things that made me suffer no regret when I was called away from the cramped intellectual jail of atheism… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Saying 'I'm wrong' is meaningless unless it comes from our heart, not just our lips. That often requires a genuine and profound… — Richard M. DeVos Copy Share Image
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If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
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“Brilliant minds, though brimming with feeling, often remain silent — not from coldness, but out of sheer elegance.” — Paulo Ricardo Zargolin Copy Share Image
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Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own. — Terence Copy Share Image
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“They ascribe omnipotence and omniscience to him and I don't know what else; it seems to me so strange that they never… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as forward as hives or goiters, And where… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
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For human nature is so made that only what is unusual and infrequent excites wonder or is regarded as of value. We… — Gerald of Wales Copy Share Image
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It's human nature, once you have success you kind of exhale and think you have it figured out. — Matthew Slater Copy Share Image
To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature. — Henry Cantwell Wallace Copy Share Image
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Ye whose clay-cold heads and luke-warm hearts can argue down or mask your passions--tell me, what trespass is it that man should… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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Anger is an essential part of being human. People are taught to deny themselves anger, and in this, they are actually opening… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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