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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America. — Michael Caine
Do you believe you're a starter or a benchwarmer? Do you believe you're an all-star or an also- ran? If the answers to these questions… — Rod Carew
If a working class Englishman saw a bloke drive past in a Rolls-Royce, he'd say to himself "Come the social revolution and we'll take that… — Kerry Packer
Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You seem to prefer the latter. — Jim Carrey
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The… — Tsung-Dao Lee
Ordinarily logic is divided into the examination of ideas, judgments, arguments, and methods. The two latter are generally reduced to judgments, that is, arguments are… — Andre-Marie Ampere
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as we… — Okakura Kakuzo
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved… — John Polkinghorne
The mind has its illusions as the sense of sight; and in the same manner that the sense of feeling corrects the latter, reflection and… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to us. Others are… — Jason Stanley
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens and vanishes, as… — J F C Fuller
We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I think, one has… — Marcello Malpighi
Whenever there is a conflict between precept and example, the latter wins because deeds speak louder than our words. — Unknown Author
By dividing the people of God as clergy and laymen, we have made the latter a majority of lame men. — Unknown Author
If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them… — David Ben-Gurion
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did… — Primo Levi
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is… — Alphonse de Lamartine

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