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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good… — Aristotle
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on… — Chinua Achebe
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has… — Jane Austen
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their… — Teresa of Avila
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's,… — Charles Babbage
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. — Richard Bach
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in… — Afrika Bambaataa
I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned. — Michael Bay
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. — John Barrymore
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let… — Mortimer Adler
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. — Kathryn Bigelow
My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long. — Buffalo Bill
It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate, and I allow… — Juliette Binoche
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. — Aesop
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. — Giovanni Boccaccio
Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes of the data.… — David Boies
People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll… — Erma Bombeck
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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