“ No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 918
“ Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
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“ Enjoy your happiness while you have it; and while you have it, do not too closely scrutinize its foundation. ”
- Joseph Farrell- Copy
- 2.8K
“ When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart. ”
- Raoul Dufy- Copy
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“ To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: I've done it from my youth. ”
- George Crabbe- Copy
- 918
“ When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ I was recently on a tour of Latin America,and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people. ”
- Dan Quayle- Copy
- 2K
“ Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. ”
- Walter Landor- Copy
- 2.6K
“ To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. ”
- Franz Grillparzer- Copy
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“ This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it. ”
- Jon Bon Jovi- Copy
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“ If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
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“ Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. ”
- Jean Baptiste Moliere- Copy
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“ At our best, we are in constant search of something beyond, of national dreams and destinies that we reach toward, together. ”
- Adrienne Clarkson- Copy
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“ Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. ”
- Margaret Atwood- Copy
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“ The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim's check-books. ”
- Silas Weir Mitchell- Copy
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“ There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection. ”
- Agnetha Faltskog- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food. ”
- William Winwood Reade- Copy
- 2.7K
“ The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism. ”
- Lord Kelvin- Copy
- 2K
“ Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products. ”
- Scott McNealy- Copy
- 3.1K
“ To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself? ”
- C.S. Lewis- Copy
- 1.9K
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