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Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their… — Raymond Aron
Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening… — James Q. Wilson
The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than… — Richard Dawkins
Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, For things that are not to be remedied. — William Shakespeare
In poltitics you get what you deserve rather than what you want. — Cecil Parkinson
Teachers of design should help a student to find their own voice. In other words, not be a templated version of the teacher, but rather… — April Greiman
Governments would rather spend their money on another bomber than education, and why do we fear black men when every bit of suffering in our… — Jeremy Clarkson
Pride is characterized by "What do I want out of life?" rather than by "What would God have me do with my life?" It is… — Ezra Taft Benson
It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess,… — Christopher Columbus
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it. — Walter Bagehot
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington. — Rachel Jackson
It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests. — Gautama Buddha
It is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past,… — Clay Shirky
The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than denounced. This has… — Shinjo Ito
Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;… — Charles Caleb Colton
We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
I have learned over the years that the strength in a quorum doesn't come from the number of priesthood holders in it. Nor does it… — Henry B. Eyring
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that… — Gerald Jampolsky
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children… — George Bernard Shaw
There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this… — John Boorman
He gets a little hot sometimes, but that's fine. It shows he wants to win...he fires at pins. I'd rather have someone miss some cuts… — Unknown Author
"What I've learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means "to pull from." Education does… — Alan Arkin
But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. — Pliny the Elder
Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy. — Bertrand Russell

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