Great famous quotes - Page 183

Idleness

To be idle is a short road to de…

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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Buddha

Love

To be loved at first sight, a ma…

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To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. Stendhal

Time

To be on time is to be late. To …

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To be on time is to be late. To be early is to be on time. Gunter, Tim

Justice

To be perfectly just is an attri…

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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. Addison, Joseph

Adversity

To be unable to bear an ill is i…

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To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill. Bion

Religion

To believe in God is impossible …

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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd. Voltaire

Dreams

To believe in one’s dreams is to…

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To believe in one’s dreams is to spend all of one’s life asleep. Chinese Proverb

Intelligence

To believe your own thought, to …

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To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men – that is genius. Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Success

To climb steep hills requires sl…

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To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first. Shakespeare, William

Risk

To conquer without risk is to tr…

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To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. Corneille, Pierre

Politics

To do evil that good may come of…

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To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglars in politics as well as mortals. Penn, William

Idleness

To do nothing at all is the most…

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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual. Wilde, Oscar