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Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.' Rather,… — W. W. Sawyer
In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often… — Rebecca West
Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie… — Samuel Johnson
The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire population was started… — Ernst Mayr
We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking… — Colin Powell
If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found… — Lucy Parsons
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather… — Francis Quarles
The reason why Schubert is celebrated so much today, lies rather in the fact that there has been nobody else like him - not before… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
We are here to influence the world rather than to be influenced by the world. — Sheri L. Dew
The Communist Manifesto was correct but we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding to democratic organizations. In my judgment success lies in a… — Eduard Bernstein
Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have… — Margaret J. Wheatley
I don't find a lot of people actually saying things through music any longer. They are not trying to say anything with their music, they… — Robben Ford
Our civilization is characterized by the word "progress." Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sex for pleasure, for fun, or even for building relationships is completely absent from our national conversation. Yet taking the joy out of sexuality is… — Jessica Valenti
He soon recognized the fact that the stimulus proceeded from the idea to be in the power of a woman rather than from the act… — Richard von Krafft-Ebing
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. — Seneca the Younger
I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose… — George Andrew Olah
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police. — Tom Lantos
Thus this Earth resembles a great animall or rather an inanimate vegetable, draws in aethereal breath for its dayly refreshment and vitall ferment and transpires… — Isaac Newton
Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing… — Mary Wesley
I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do… — Jeremy Bulloch
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that… — Garth Ennis
Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather… — Laozi
Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other. — Khalil Gibran

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