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329 quotes by 287 authors

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it… — Charles Babbage
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. — Jane Addams
I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls. — Kate Beckinsale
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves. — Ezra Taft Benson
Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a… — Sarah Bernhardt
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also. — Julius Caesar
Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never… — Giacomo Casanova
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it. — James Allen
One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another… — David O. McKay
So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that… — Michael Chertoff
After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready… — Carl von Clausewitz
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. — Meister Eckhart
The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt. — George Santayana
Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. — Bertrand Russell
Intellectually religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it. — John Dewey
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the… — Adolf Hitler
Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I… — Nicolaus Copernicus

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