We Derive Quotes
23 quotes by 21 authors
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The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to…
— Charles Baudelaire
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We derive our vitality from our store of madness.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.
— Roger Caras
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Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we…
— Rene Descartes
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In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already…
— Daniel Gilbert
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
— John Quincy Adams
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We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven,…
— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee…
— Annie Hill
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for…
— Calvin Coolidge
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When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition…
— Eric Hoffer
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The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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This greatest mortal consolation, which we derive from the transitoriness of all things-from the right of saying, in every conjuncture, "This, too, will pass away.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.
— Eric Hoffer
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The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a…
— Dalai Lama
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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the…
— Elizabeth Hardwick
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The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant…
— Eric Hoffer
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In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people,…
— Warren Buffett
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the strange ideas we derive today will one day be our celebrated truths
— Dan Brown
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The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.
— Alain de Botton
Who Wrote These We Derive Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 23 We Derive Quotes as follows: