"Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful……" — Iain Pears
"Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned."
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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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Who you are is less important than what you seem.
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt…
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Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when…
— William Bartram
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have…
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Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is…
— Martha Beck
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My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
— Halle Berry
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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and…
— Martin Van Buren
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Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side.…
— Robert Byrd
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After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The…
— David Cameron
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Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned…
— Giles Andreae
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Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours.…
— Charlotte Gray
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Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we…
— Peter Mayle
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