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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
by Samuel George Morton (Scientist, American , born in 1799) keywords: character, compose, disposition, diversity, extreme, far, flexible, grade, humanity, indolent, intellectual, joyous, lowest, many, nations, negro, present, race, singular, which , while The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.
by Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher, German , born in 1970) keywords: annoy, anxious, desire, disposition, equally, harm, just, sign , well Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
by Cesare Pavese (Poet, Italian , born in 1908) keywords: cannot, disposition, increase, only, ounce, own, power, single, strength , will Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
by Wendell Phillips (Activist, American , born in 1811) keywords: absolute, blood, disposition, filtered, forever, moods, opinion, spectator, through , truth He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
by Plato (Philosopher , Greek) keywords: age, burden, calm, disposition, equally, feel, happy, hardly, him, nature, opposite, pressure, will , youth I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.
by Jean Racine (Dramatist, French , born in 1639) keywords: disposition, hearts, inclination, know, own, set, their, upon, will, women , won That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: being, boasts, disposition, good, least, most, often, self-interest, stifled, tender, urging , which By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
by George Santayana (Philosopher, American , born in 1970) keywords: answer, beyond, disposition, him, kindly, man, most, nature, occur, power, questions , which I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them.
by William Shirley (Politician, British , born in 1694) keywords: artifices, dependence, disposition, drawn, eastern, flatter, french, indians, influence, into, liable, many, missionary, much, myself, over, own, present, priests, their, them, upon, us, ways, weakness , which If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do.
by Nathaniel Smith (Politician, American , born in 1762) keywords: britain, disposition, england, find, friends, knew, many, nature, new, suppose, well , would For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
by Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher , born in 1632) keywords: absence, benevolence, confidence, disposition, justice, mere, mind, peace, springs, state, virtue , war Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
by Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher , born in 1632) topics: Peace keywords: absence, benevolence, confidence, disposition, justice, mind, peace, state, virtue , war Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?
by Robert Walpole (Statesman, British , born in 1676) keywords: any, been, conduct, crown, different, disposition, followed, given, grants, head, obtained, others, placed, same, since, station, symptoms, treasury, which , would I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
by Martha Washington (First Lady, American , born in 1731) keywords: am, cheerful, circumstance, determined, disposition, find, greater, happy, learned, may, misery, myself, our, part, situation, unhappiness , whatever I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.
by Cole Younger (Criminal, American , born in 1844) keywords: been, capture, considerate, cordially, disposition, feel, grateful, kind, kindness, met, officers, our, penitentiary, pleasant, profoundly, relations, say, since, their, uniform, while , will