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France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth century it was… — Fareed Zakaria
Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things-eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies-since… — Seneca the Younger
Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Many of our feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction have their roots in how we compare ourselves to others. When we compare ourselves to those who… — David Niven
I think the race went as well as it could and I drove well to finish sixth. The chassis is working better and through the… — Daniel Ricciardo
Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top
What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow. — John Templeton
When you are frightened, you typically pull energy in to your center, seeing less, hearing less-shrinking consciousness precisely when you need to expand it. — Nathaniel Branden
Everyone alive has suffered. It is the wisdom gained from our wounds and from our own experiences of suffering that makes us able to heal.… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and… — Savitri Devi
Don't fit in. Don't sit still. Don't ever try to do less than you are. — Angelina Jolie
BASICS OF DIET AND HEALTH The basic principles of good diets are so simple that I can summarize them in just ten words: eat less,… — Marion Nestle
Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation. — Valentino Rossi
Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment. — Maria Montessori
We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then… — William Makepeace Thackeray
The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance. — Henry Adams
Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts. — Elwyn Brooks White
I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less. — Muhammad Ali
We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a… — Friedrich Schiller
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and… — Thomas B. Macaulay
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. — Baltasar Gracian
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Society's double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent than economic discrimination because it is more insidious, less… — Anne Wilkes Tucker

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