"For the first time, she did want more.……" — Iain Pears
"For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she had, but she knew an emptiness deep inside her, which began to ache."
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25 Quotes by Iain Pears
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He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he…
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Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The…
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For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath…
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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…
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Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius…
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[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the…
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And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what…
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God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of…
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Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been…
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A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.
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