"Being nice merely to be liked in return…" — Criss Jami
"Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point."
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462 Quotes by Criss Jami
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When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.
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Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so…
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Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already…
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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their…
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A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.
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I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and…
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Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever
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The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
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Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the…
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I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.
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Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
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To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something.
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It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it.
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The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When…
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The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented…
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The boy will remain a son and never become a father. He will be forgotten by the crowd once his…
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Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.
— Hans F. Sennholz
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This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because…
— Lionel Barrymore
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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the…
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I don't want to pass because I can't stand insincerities and shams. I am just as much Negro as any…
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Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.
— Vicki Baum
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There is but one thing without honor, smitten with eternal barrenness, inability to do or to be,-insincerity, unbelief.
— Thomas Carlyle
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I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.
— Brenda Blethyn
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