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- All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge. The theological knowledge which they conceal cannot justly be regarded…
- So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: "Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's…
- The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere…
- Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes…
- My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine everybody drinks water.
- Great books are weighed and measured by their style and matter and not by the trimmings and shadings of their grammer.
- Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become…
- Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too…
- Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
- I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
- India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand…
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- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen
- My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong