Further Quotes
1867 quotes by 1517 authors
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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed…
— Joseph Butler
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I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I…
— Frontinus
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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
— Confucius
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Compared with the person who is conscious of his despair, the despairing individual who is ignorant of his despair is simply a negativity further away…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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In all the languages in the world, there is the same proverb: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over." Well, I say…
— Paulo Coelho
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The landscape changes, so enjoy it: of course, you have to have an objective in mind - to reach the top. But as you are…
— Paulo Coelho
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The act of discovering  who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
— Paulo Coelho
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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further…
— Galileo Galilei
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Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this…
— Simone Weil
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Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself.…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The difficulty of saying I-a phrase from the East German novelist Christa Wolf. But once having said it, as we realize the necessity to go…
— Adrienne Rich
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First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport…
— Andre Agassi
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I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude…
— Edward Snowden
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To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the…
— Pope John Paul II
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A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people has a different set of ethical valuations from their and…
— George Bernard Shaw
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At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me…
— William Banting
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The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating…
— William Banting
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If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are…
— Paul Brunton
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There are manifold tones of mental life, or, in other words, our psychic life may be lived at different heights, now nearer to action, now…
— Henri Bergson
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