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- I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the…
- In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it,…
- The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the…
- It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature…
- It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
- The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more…
- As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control…
- The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
- It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have…
- I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the…
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle