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Iain Pears has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared…
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Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is…
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For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow…
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The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.
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Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless,
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He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.
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Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return…
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Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But…
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[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and…
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And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer…
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God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family…
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Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because…
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When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
— Ovid
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I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.
— Richard Peck
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[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and…
— Iain Pears
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He watched a catbird hopping around in an azalea that was readying itself to bloom; he envied the bird for knowing nothing…
— Jonathan Franzen
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
— Martial
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If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it. I will keep still and wait like…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Sometimes love needed a lift from its guardian angels, to get its feet off the ground. But once it made its first…
— Lauren Kate
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Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun,…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Did you ever, when you were little, endure your parents warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose protective…
— Justice Fitzgerald
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