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In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the… — Matthew Henry
If I have put the case of science at all correctly, the reader will have recognised that modern science does much more than demand that… — Karl Pearson
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea.… — Carl Sagan
There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases. — George Bernard Shaw
Poets wish to profit or to please. — Horace
He who endeavors to please must appear pleased. — Samuel Johnson
Power is the ability not to have to please. — Elizabeth Janeway
An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with… — Joseph Addison
Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for… — Christopher Columbus
The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases our heavenly Father… — John Calvin
There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. — Andre Malraux
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or live… — Virginia Satir
People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I just looked at her, feeling utterly empty. I didn't know what I was supposed to say to her. My life is in that bed.… — Maggie Stiefvater
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability… — Maya Angelou
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate a… — James Bryce
"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud… — Samuel Johnson
Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year;… — Walter Raleigh

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