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Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness. — Elizabeth Bowen
One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play,… — Lord Chesterfield
We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf. — Oscar Wilde
When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has… — Helen Keller
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. — Marquis de Sade
If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and… — Barry Lopez
When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay. — Octave Mirbeau
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. — Hosea Ballou
To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it… — Paul Valery
When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might… — George Eliot
When one of your children tells a lie, be honest with him; tell him that you have told hundreds of them yourself. Tell him it… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists… — Georges Braque
In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy… — Henri Matisse
I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and… — Oprah Winfrey
When one trusts this inner universal power, it automatically draws forth the trust of the people one deals with. — Walter Russell
When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation. — Seneca the Younger
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
Facts, and facts alone, are the foundation of science... When one devotes oneself to experimental research it is in order to augment the sum of… — Francois Magendie
Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause,… — Thomas Aquinas

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