Rest Content Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only…
— Guy de Maupassant
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Men and women cannot rest content with a superficial and unquestioning exchange of skeptical opinions and experiences of life - all of us are in…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. And…
— Alcibiades
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Philosophy arises from an unusually obstinate attempt to arrive at real knowledge. What passes for knowledge in ordinary life suffers from three defects: it is…
— Bertrand Russell
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I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known,…
— Archibald Garrod
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Night and day a picture of the showcase of the Lame Novelty Company and its gambling content would seem to appear before my eyes. Then…
— John Scarne
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The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.
— Bill Vaughan
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Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of…
— Lawrence Durrell
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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some…
— John Updike
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It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others. Everything is interesting;…
— Antonin Sertillanges
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For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest…
— Iain Pears
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With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox of different sects, who at the last day may flock…
— Benjamin Franklin
Who Wrote These Rest Content Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Rest Content Quotes as follows: