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It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1889) keywords: chief, concern, him, himself, occupy, philosopher, questions, skills , which You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree.
by Gene Wolfe (Writer, American , born in 1931) keywords: admits, conscious, disagree, evil, existence, genuine, himself, only, seem, think , unless What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: church, dark, exercised, gave, himself, his, man, men, only, perishable, priests, property, purgatory, reason, save, secured, substance, such, their, torments , vast Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
by John Wooden (Coach, American , born in 1910) keywords: acquainted, admirers, adversity, becomes, being, easily, especially, free, himself, man, mostly, state, then , which The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: author, consumer, every, given, himself, individual, make, most, opportunity, order, pays, position, should, social, such, takes, tax , unlimited That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face.
by Fay Wray (Actor, American , born in 1907) keywords: absolutely, admit, clutches, cover, created, deserted, face, had, him, himself, his, hit, must, own, technique, time, ugliness , wax Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.
by Joe Wurzelbacherkeywords: apologizing, around, goes, great, himself, leader, likes, man, men, never, obama, our, quote, stand , will A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
by Xenophon (Soldier , Greek) keywords: beauty, displays, him, himself, his, horse, long, looking, none, splendor, thing, tire , will There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
by Xenophon (Soldier , Greek) keywords: able, best, contempt, general, himself, leads, may, perform, preach, regarded, risk, shows, small, those, whatever , will A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
by Isoroku Yamamoto (Soldier, Japanese , born in 1884) keywords: enemy, having, himself, man, matter, military, more, pride, scarcely, shame, simply, sleeping , smitten Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) topics: History keywords: abyss, battle, courage, die, entering, field, himself, honour, into, man, may, reckless, should, show, those, upon , why The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.
by Owen D. Young (Businessman, American , born in 1874) keywords: future, him, himself, man, men, minds, need, never, other, place, put, store, their, understand, workings , worry Bond was how Fleming saw himself; the sardonic, cruel mouth, the hard, tight skinned face.
by Terence Young (Director, British , born in 1915) keywords: bond, cruel, face, fleming, hard, himself, how, mouth, saw, skinned , tight My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.
by Henny Youngman (Comedian, American , born in 1906) keywords: army, brother-in-law, died, expert, first, himself, joined, karate, killed, other, saluted, then , time When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.
by Rick Yune (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: able, arts, background, certain, combat, expert, guy, himself, just, making, martial, mess, really, sports, things, think , without A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what he thinks.
by Jason Zebehazykeywords: complete, down, forgets, himself, idiot, man, punishes, stupid, thinks, wise , writes The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
by Xun Zi (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: affection, animal, believe, boasts, conducts, deception, desires, eager, engages, enthusiastically, him, himself, make, man, others, petty, should, think, wants, well , yet The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.
by Stefan Zweig (Writer, Austrian , born in 1881) keywords: any, commits, decide, dogma, earth, favor, free, himself, homestead, independent, party, spirit , will
