"Liberality consists less in giving a great deal……" — Jean de la Bruyere

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• The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
• Reality simply consists of different points of view. — Margaret Atwood
• Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine
• Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he… — Mikhail Bakunin
• The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized… — Mikhail Bakunin
• Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams
• The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. — John Adams
• The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. — Konrad Adenauer
• The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt
• Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.… — Mortimer Adler
• Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,… — Annie Besant
• Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. — Theodor Adorno

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