“ To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art. ”
- Anthony Burgess- Copy
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“ The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness… and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
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“ Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ”
- Oswald Chambers- Copy
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“ She had fortunately always her appetite for news. The pure flame of the disinterested burned in her cave of treasures as a lamp in a Byzantine vault. ”
- Henry James- Copy
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“ Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. ”
- G. M. Trevelyan- Copy
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