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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
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Maybe I lacked coping skills. Maybe I was weak. I cared for people for no better reason than they seemed to care…
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Fellini was more in love with breasts than Russ Meyer, more wracked with guilt than Ingmar Bergman, more of a flamboyant showman…
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It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or…
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Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time.
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But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to…
— John Milton
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I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the…
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There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game.…
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
— Quintilian
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There is no better reason in life for you to something than because you love it.
— Renzo Gracie
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Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic,…
— Henry Fielding
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There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?
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