Consists Quotes

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Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in telling the generality of people that their opinions -… — Will Self
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. — George Bernard Shaw
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. — Adam Smith
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. — Lysander Spooner
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. — Gertrude Stein
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. — Laurence Sterne
Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own. — Emanuel Swedenborg
The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. — Edward Thorndike
Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning… — Paul Tillich
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. — Leo Tolstoy
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. — Mark Twain
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. — Mark Twain
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. — John Updike
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. — Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. — Voltaire
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. — Voltaire
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. — Edith Wharton
Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. — Frank Wedekind
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. — Alfred North Whitehead
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination… — Lin Yutang
Technology no longer consists just of hardware or software or even services, but of communities. Increasingly, community is a part of technology, a driver of… — Howard Rheingold
Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised. — Tullian Tchividjian
You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox. The paradox consists of the fact… — Woody Allen
Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure — Arthur Schopenhauer

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