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Best Quotes by Marilynne Robinson
- The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out.
- It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men.
- Any father…must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the providence of God. It seems almost a cruelty for one generation…
- I would advise you against defensiveness on priciple. it precludes the best eventualities along with the worst. At the most basic level it expresses a…
- The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that…
- When we accept dismissive judgments of our community we stop having generous hope for it. We cease to be capable of serving its best interests.
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- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
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- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle