Thus Quotes
2771 Thus quotes by 1600 unique authors
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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior…
— Confucius
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But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so moved, and there…
— Unknown Author
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In the course of the history of the earth innumerable events have occurred one after another, causing changes of states, all with certain lasting consequences.…
— Unknown Author
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Thus we conclude, that the strata both primary and secondary, both those of ancient and those of more recent origin, have had their materials furnished…
— John Playfair
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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
— Octavio Paz
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The ends of scientific classification are best answered, when the objects are formed into groups respecting which a greater number of general propositions can be…
— John Stuart Mill
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Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like an owl that is blinded…
— Leonid Andreyev
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Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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How many of my basic principles were upset by this change in my attitude toward the Christian Social movement! My views with regard to anti-Semitism…
— Adolf Hitler
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Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State,…
— Winston Churchill
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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely…
— Joseph Addison
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And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves at certain hours of the…
— Antonin Artaud
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The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul…
— Walter Benjamin
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Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature -if the prospect…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you…
— Mark Twain
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Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the Holy Spirit makes…
— Loraine Boettner
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Travel, I was coming to realize, was a metaphor not only for the countless options life offers but also for the fact that choosing one…
— Rolf Potts
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Thus, the question of how and when to start vagabonding is not really a question at all. Vagabonding starts now. Even if the practical reality…
— Rolf Potts
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Each of us will taste the bitter ashes of life, from sin and neglect to sorrow and disappointment. But the atonement of Christ can lift…
— Bruce C. Hafen
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Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, that is…
— Roger Schank
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Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions,…
— Antony C. Sutton
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When listening to the sound material, we metamorphose the inside into an outside. This notion of metamorphosis is one of the principles that leads the…
— Bernard Parmegiani
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See what is worth learning, and what is worth doing. Thus, you gain an understanding of what is vital, and what is not vital. You…
— Goswami Kriyananda
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