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I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping… — John Donne
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles… — Saint John Chrysostom
We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part… — Michel de Montaigne
The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that… — Ronald Reagan
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. — Robert Motherwell
Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them...as you make the effort. — Og Mandino
In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits. — Mignon McLaughlin
On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have… — John Ruskin
A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. — Barbara De Angelis
When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If there is a regulation that says you have to do something-whether it be putting in seat belts, catalytic converters, clean air for coal plants,… — Steven Chu
A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less. — Vilayat Inayat Khan
Microsoft made a big deal about Windows NT getting a C2 security rating. They were much less forthcoming with the fact that this rating only… — Bruce Schneier
Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to… — Esther Dyson
It's ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition… — Marvin Minsky
The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to… — Elbert Hubbard

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