Due Quotes
1426 Due quotes by 1109 unique authors
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love as a passion—it is our European specialty—must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its invention is due to the Provencal poet-cavaliers,…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent
— Isaac Newton
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this is the weakness of most 'edifying' or 'propaganda' literature. There is no diversity...You cannot, in fact, give God His due without giving the devil…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would…
— John Wyndham
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He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much…
— Dodie Smith
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My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have no-one but themselves…
— Fernando Pessoa
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since…
— Alexander Pope
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will…
— Albert Einstein
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A piece of happiness should never be taken as due.
— Charlaine Harris
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It's been almost a month since you found a body. I knew you were due." Carl Costanza - Seven Up
— Janet Evanovich
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We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our…
— Cecelia Ahern
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Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to…
— Marcus Aurelius
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The paradox in Christian truth is invariably due to the fact that it is the truth that exists for God. The standard of measure and…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that…
— David James Duncan
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You'd tell me if we were getting married, wouldn't you? I mean, you wouldn't just appear on my doorstep one day and say we were…
— Janet Evanovich
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To speak seriously: the standards of "goodness" which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a…
— Bertrand Russell
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The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a…
— Fannie Flagg
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Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,…
— Markus Zusak
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I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love…
— Og Mandino
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all…
— Thomas Sowell
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Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)
— Markus Zusak
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Everything I’ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this time with these…
— Thomas Friedman
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I shudder at the thought of men.... I'm due to fall in love again
— Dorothy Parker
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So… um… what’s the, er, date? You know, the due date for the little monster.
— Stephenie Meyer
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