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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,… — Guy de Maupassant
- Men and women cannot rest content with a superficial and unquestioning exchange of skeptical opinions and experiences of life - all of… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack… — Alcibiades
- Philosophy arises from an unusually obstinate attempt to arrive at real knowledge. What passes for knowledge in ordinary life suffers from three… — Bertrand Russell
- I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour… — Mahatma Gandhi
- Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which… — Archibald Garrod
- Night and day a picture of the showcase of the Lame Novelty Company and its gambling content would seem to appear before… — John Scarne
- The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers. — Bill Vaughan
- Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we… — Lawrence Durrell
- The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and… — John Updike
- It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others.… — Antonin Sertillanges
- For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that… — Iain Pears