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He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just. — Seneca the Younger
It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e. the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of… — Thomas Jefferson
Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are,… — Quentin Crisp
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed. — Jim Wallis
In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness. — Norm MacDonald
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. — Alfred de Vigny
It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical… — Bertrand Russell
No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
Well, I have considered myself to be very fortunate in that I have been able to do mostly only that which my inner self told… — Albert Einstein
We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector. — Donald T. Regan
The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might… — Wallace D. Wattles
We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of… — James Jeans
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of… — Adam Sedgwick
Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces that are supposed… — Francois Jacob
A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients… — William Gilbert
Facts are of not much use, considered as facts. They bewilder by their number and their apparent incoherency. Let them be digested into theory, however,… — Oliver Heaviside
In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses, until yet other… — Isaac Newton
The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical world, that our… — Charles Lyell
The major credit I think Jim and I deserve ... is for selecting the right problem and sticking to it. It's true that by blundering… — Francis Crick
Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt… — Gian-Carlo Rota
I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too. — Kiki Smith

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