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To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from PhÃ¦nomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things… — Isaac Newton
During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit,… — Rabindranath Tagore
The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others. — Eric Hoffer
The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a… — Dalai Lama
Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds… — Henri Matisse
All pasts are like poems; one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them. — John Fowles
When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the… — Barrows Dunham
The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.… — Theodore Roosevelt
Cats can derive their nutrition from the air they breathe until you get the message that the Fish Fin Buffet you put in their bowl… — Kathy Young
I know The past and thence I will essay to glean A warning for the future, so that man May profit by his errors, and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of… — Milton Friedman
As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from… — Rachel Cusk
Words derive their power from the original word. — Meister Eckhart
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the… — Elizabeth Hardwick
The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant… — Eric Hoffer
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because… — Haniel Long
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. — Henri Matisse
Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but… — Jon Meacham

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