“ Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. ”
- Eustace Budgell- Copy
- 170
“ Sometimes it comes down to a very simple reason why you win or lose. They were perfect from the line and we were very imperfect. ”
- Rick Pitino- Copy
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“ People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance. ”
- Douglas Hurd- Copy
- 815
“ Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us. ”
- Learned Hand- Copy
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“ The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. ”
- Sherlock Holmes- Copy
- 475
“ Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
- 2.5K
“ People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored. ”
- Henry Morgan- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 551
“ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. ”
- William James- Copy
- 24
“ If we never flattered ourselves, we should have but insufficient pleasure. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 487
“ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. ”
- W. K. Clifford- Copy
- 3K
“ Society is like the air; necessary to breathe, but insufficient to live on. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
- 406
“ The slightest sorrow for sin is sufficient if it produce amendment, and the greatest insufficient if it do not. ”
- C. C. Colton- Copy
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“ Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds. ”
- Rene Daumal- Copy
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“ Man…is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures. ”
- Plato- Copy
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“ But pain… seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? ”
- Lois McMaster Bujold- Copy
- 3K
“ They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized… ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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