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The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are… — Jules Verne
Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would… — H. L. Mencken
Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his… — Saul Bellow
I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. — Michael Servetus
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands. — Henry Ward Beecher
Mere physical sitting is not enough. You have to sit carefully and attentively. Let your body and breathing sit. Let your mind and emotions sit.… — Taizan Maezumi
Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on.… — H. L. Mencken
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine; but… — William Penn
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage. — Baron de Montesquieu
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to… — Simon Greenleaf
Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to… — Alan Watts
Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. — Walter Raleigh
He didn't know whether we created God in our own image or whether God created us without quite knowing what he was doing. He believed… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition… — William George Jordan
The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water. — Hakim Bey
Psychedelic drugs undoubtedly open the doors to the mind's panopticon, but what we see in the mental mirrors are mere distortions of reality, not reality… — Georg Feuerstein
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost… — Oliver Goldsmith
Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side of socialism. Neutrality… — Mao Zedong
Tao is obscured when men understand only one pair of opposites, or concentrate only on a partial aspect of being. Then clear expression also becomes… — Zhuangzi
Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers… — Leon Trotsky
Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides… — James Harvey Robinson
The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private enterprise, economic policy almost wholly… — Russell Kirk
Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our initiative attacks; then… — Salvador de Madariaga
. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship. — Aristotle
So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the… — Alfred North Whitehead

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