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287 quotes by 237 authors

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, â€” but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. — John Maynard Keynes
Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by… — Leland Ryken
Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. — Mahatma Gandhi
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies… — Thomas Jefferson
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels,… — Samuel Johnson
It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that excessive revenues are… — Thomas Paine
Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach. — Epicurus
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the… — Ludwig van Beethoven
I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps… — Ellen Ochoa
Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be… — Nassau William Senior
The fullest instruction, and the fullest enjoyment are never derived from books, till we have ventilated the ideas thus obtained in free and easy chat… — William Matthews
What is mathematics? Ask this question of person chosen at random, and you are likely to receive the answer "Mathematics is the study of number."… — Keith Devlin
Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life. — Morris Raphael Cohen
The need for a quick, satisfactory copying machine that could be used right in the office seemed very apparent to me-there seemed such a crying… — Chester Carlson
Peace is obtained by war. — Cornelius Nepos
I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The… — Floyd Abrams
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein… — Francis Crick
The chief instrument of American statistics is the census, which should accomplish a two-fold object. It should serve the country by making a full and… — James A. Garfield
Abstract systems depend on trust, yet they provide none of the moral rewards which can be obtained from personalised trust, or were often available in… — Anthony Giddens
I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among… — Edward Forbes

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