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The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the… — Francis Bacon
Supreme happiness consists in self-content. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A great part of life consists of contemplating what we cannot cure. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is… — Arthur Schopenhauer
True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The work of the inventor consists of conceptualizing, combining, and ordering what is possible according to the laws of nature. This inner working out which… — Friedrich Dessauer
From what has been said it is also evident, that the Whiteness of the Sun's Light is compounded all the Colours wherewith the several sorts… — Isaac Newton
Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets… — Samuel Johnson
Despite all the doom and gloom that constantly assaults our senses, there is a way for us to ransom our lives and reclaim our futures:… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
The progress of Science consists in observing interconnections and in showing with a patient ingenuity that the events of this ever-shifting world are but examples… — Alfred North Whitehead
The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not… — Benjamin Franklin
It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans… — Pope John Paul II
For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply… — Josiah Royce
The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth… — Samuel Johnson
That is the spiral galaxy in Andromeda. It is as large as our Milky Way. It is one of a hundred million galaxies. It consists… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Safe popular freedom consists of four things, the diffusion of liberty, of intelligence, of property, and of conscientiousness, and cannot be compounded of any three… — Joseph Cook
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Gospel is temporary, but the law is eternal and is restored precisely through the Gospel. Freedom from the law consists, then, not in the… — Herman Bavinck
Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in the… — Max Wertheimer
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and… — Ambrose Bierce
Philosophy arises from an unusually obstinate attempt to arrive at real knowledge. What passes for knowledge in ordinary life suffers from three defects: it is… — Bertrand Russell
Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand. — Samuel Goldwyn
Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile. — Mother Teresa
The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness. — Sydney J. Harris
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. — Benjamin Franklin

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