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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in…
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence…
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is…
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe…
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the…
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What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they…
— Hester Lynch Piozzi
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The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love,…
— Martin Luther
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Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.
— Victor LaValle
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By the duty to be happy, I thus refer to the ideology... that urges us to evaluate everything in terms of pleasure…
— Pascal Bruckner
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O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures? They can bring…
— Abdul-Qadir Gilani
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Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.
— Unknown Author
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Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure
— Fanny Burney
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In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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If it ever lay in my power, I will work the Cardinal as much displeasure as he has done to me.
— Anne Boleyn
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Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.
— Fanny Burney
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It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for…
— Abraham Lincoln
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