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The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
There's enough money for everybody. See, I can't do what Yachty does. But then again, Yachty can't do what I do.
I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
John Cena's work ethic is beyond reproach. It's been phenomenal to see what he does and he's made himself a brand.
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light.
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
When the United States of America does things in its best interests, it is hated. I'm sorry, that just ticks me off.
Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
What's the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive.
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.
Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.
If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.
It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.
If he doesn't follow through with actions, he's either selfish or a liar. Neither makes him sound like The One, does it?
Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
God does not discriminate against people, regardless of color, religion, social class, or gender and sexual preferences.