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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know,… — Gautama Buddha
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to… — Plato
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far… — Plato
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. — Plato
Successful gardening is doing what has to be done when it has to be done the way it ought to be done whether you want… — Unknown Author
It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought, but to the… — Unknown Author
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice. — Socrates
I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere to it... We… — Dalai Lama
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck. — Sophocles
As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second or third day… — Cyprian
Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance… — Michael Short
The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful. — Plato
The whole meaning of morality is a rule that we ought to obey whether we like it or not. If so, then the idea of… — J. Budziszewski
Kate Boo's reporting is a form of kinship. Abdul and Manju and Kalu of Annawadi will not be forgotten. She leads us through their unknown… — Unknown Author
For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by… — William of Ockham
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not… — Publilius Syrus
Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought… — Unknown Author
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling — Seneca the Younger
The only way we can determine the true age of the earth is for God to tell us what it is. And since He has… — Henry M. Morris
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between happens and is, on the one hand, and… — Wolfgang Kohler
In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be. — Huston Smith
Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious sects ought not… — Rutherford B. Hayes
A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full… — David Hume
If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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