Frequent Quotes
288 quotes by 243 authors
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Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.
— Frederick Lenz
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Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.
— Samuel Johnson
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Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall.
— James Joyce
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That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,…
— George Mason
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History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I hope you will be ready to own publicly, whenever you shall be called to it, that by your great and frequent urgency you prevailed…
— Jonathan Swift
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In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species…
— Samuel Johnson
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Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.
— Ed Bliss
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In the spiritual reality of the church, neither Marcel Lefebvre, nor his bishops and priests, nor the people who frequent the SSPX chapels suffered or…
— Malachi Martin
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Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more…
— Andrew Weil
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The gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to change. “Repent†is its most frequent message, and repenting means giving up all of our practices-perso nal,…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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In a future that portends stronger and more-frequent hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast, ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady structures. Some will topple, knocking…
— Alan Weisman
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'If he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall…
— John of Kronstadt
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To be in love involves the most irresistible conviction that one will go on being in love until one dies, and that possession of the…
— C.S. Lewis
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The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside…
— Barack Obama
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Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here than those of…
— Fielding H. Yost
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In the early 1970s, the northern hemisphere appeared to have been cooling at an alarming rate. There was frequent talk of a new ice age.…
— Stephen Schneider
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I think it’s because there's quite a few of us now but because we’re less frequent than American actors - because Hollywood is the place…
— Callan McAuliffe
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When everything is added up, the frequent blows weighted against the sporadic triumphs, this is I have to say not just a vocation, it's a…
— Martin Scorsese
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Sex cannot be understood because nature cannot be understood. Science is a method of logical analysis of nature's operations. It has lessened human anxiety about…
— Camille
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