“ It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars. ”
- Arthur C. Clarke- Copy
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“ You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ”
- John Bunyan- Copy
- 836
“ Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. ”
- Sir John Vanbrugh- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. ”
- Quentin Crisp- Copy
- 3.7K
“ You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 200
“ The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it. ”
- Margaret Drabble- Copy
- 3.3K
“ They care about their citrus trees. A lot of them also care about the fact that the government took their property and didn't compensate them for it. ”
- Robert Gilbert- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. ”
- Walter Savage Landor- Copy
- 376
“ I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk. ”
- Donna E. Shalala- Copy
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“ Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. ”
- Tom Robbins- Copy
- 1.3K
“ If I were a Syrian taxpayer, and my intelligence activities were visible, I would demand a refund,... So these are the sort of things that remain unanswered. ”
- John Bolton- Copy
- 2.1K
“ To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 1.5K
“ You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ”
- John Wooden- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Every small, positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. ”
- Alice Walker- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Real joy, which comes from loving to do good things without wanting to be repaid, is the reward that lasts forever. ”
- Emanuel Swedenborg- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs. ”
- Charlotte Saunders Cushman- Copy
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“ Constancy… that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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