"The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too…" — Thomas Carlyle

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• The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
• The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. — Arthur Ashe
• We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling… — Diane Ackerman
• I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan
• There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy… — Charles Baudelaire
• In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or… — Simone de Beauvoir
• Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the… — Robert Benchley
• It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real… — Alfred Adler
• Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. — Sarah Bernhardt
• We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into… — Annie Besant
• Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords. — Bjork
• My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn't exist. — Susie Bright

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