“ But yet she listen'd — 'tis enough — Who listens once will listen twice;Her heart, be sure, is not of ice,And one refusal no rebuff. ”
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“ Many people think of knowledge as money. They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self-denial that goes into the acquisition of it. ”
- John Morely- Copy
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“ Reason is the life of the law, nay the common law is nothing else but reason. ”
- Sir Edward Coke- Copy
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“ Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
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“ All the kinds of things... contrary to what the look is,... I could do a high heel with a jumpsuit, or I might do a gown with a desert boot. So it's, again, the contradiction. ”
- Ralph Lauren- Copy
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“ I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind — and to work some of those contradictions out for myself. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
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“ Self-denial is not a virtue, it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Self-denial is painful for a moment, but very agreeable in the end. ”
- Jane Taylor- Copy
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“ The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection. ”
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps- Copy
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“ So we said to ourselves, if we can remove antibodies from someone who's in the middle of a terrible rejection, and save those kidneys, then we should be able to remove them before surgery. ”
- Robert Montgomery- Copy
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“ Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. ”
- Germaine Greer- Copy
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“ Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. ”
- Tryon Edwards- Copy
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“ Football is like life — it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ”
- Vince Lombardi- Copy
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“ Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. ”
- Theodore Parker- Copy
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“ Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Denial is the number one aspect of medicine. That's why people don't get check-ups. ”
- Larry King- Copy
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“ The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. ”
- John Sterling- Copy
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“ There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial. ”
- Sir Walter Scott- Copy
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“ Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. ”
- Annie Besant- Copy
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“ All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. ”
- Jacques Lipchitz- Copy
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“ To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ”
- Thomas H. Huxley- Copy
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