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- Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once…
- It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised…
- I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the…
- The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.
- Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident to the times;…
- Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster