Great famous quotes - Page 185

Love

To love is to place our happines…

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To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. Wilhelm von Leibnitz, Gottfried

Greatness

To love one that is great, is al…

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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self. Necker, Suzanne

Opinion

To observations which ourselves …

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To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th’ observer’s sake. Pope, Alexander

Virtue

To practice five things under al…

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Confucius

Promise

To promise not to do a thing is …

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To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. Twain, Mark

Education

To quote is to think, to think i…

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To quote is to think, to think is to learn, to learn is to live. Gallardo, Allen

Risk

To save all we must risk all….

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To save all we must risk all. Von Schiller, Friedrich

Vision

To see a World in a Grain of San…

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To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. Blake, William

Wickedness

To see and listen to the wicked …

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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. Confucius

Change

To speak of “limits to growth” u…

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To speak of “limits to growth” under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society. The moral pieties, that are voiced today by many well meaning environmentalists, are as naive as the moral pieties of multinationals are manipulative. Capitalism can no more be “persuaded” to […]

Honesty

To thine own self be true, And i…

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To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakespeare, William

Travel

To travel hopefully is a better …

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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. Stevenson, Robert Louis