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Indifferent Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There…
- A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must…
- Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.
- I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent…
- If private men are obliged to perform the offices of government, to protect the weak and dispense justice, then the government becomesonly a hired man,…
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- The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on… — Theodor Adorno
- Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who… — Anthony Bourdain
- To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of… — Jean de la Bruyere
- The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was… — Al Capp
- Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do… — Jonathan Carroll
- Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in… — Thomas Aquinas
- I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we still have… — Richard Dawkins
- The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public… — Norman Angell
- In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent. — Loretta Lynn