Reasonable Quotes
815 quotes by 649 authors
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good…
— Aristotle
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to…
— Marcus Aurelius
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
— Joseph Addison
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot…
— Conrad Black
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It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable…
— Jan Brewer
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You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable…
— Charlotte Bronte
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Have you ever seen Glenn Beck in operation? It is the most terrifying thing. It's so bad that you think he's going to announce in…
— Bill Bryson
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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is…
— Samuel Butler
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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
— Samuel Butler
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I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain…
— Buzz Aldrin
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
— Lord Byron
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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not…
— Steve Case
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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it…
— Noam Chomsky
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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When you treat reprehensible and ludicrous arguments with respect you have elevated the reprehensible and made the ludicrous a bit more reasonable. Having a serious…
— Jonah Goldberg
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
— Alexander Hamilton
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Using any reasonable definition of a scientist, we can say that 80 to 90 percent of all the scientists that have ever lived are alive…
— Derek J. de Solla Price
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Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this spirit in man that urges…
— H.G. Wells
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