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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.
William ShakespeareRead
I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.
David LettermanRead
It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''Know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self- estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.
George EliotRead
A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.
AristotleRead
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.
Brooke WestcottRead
You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you're maybe wrong, [an integrity] that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen.
Richard P. FeynmanRead
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
Fyodor DostoevskyRead
Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.
Stephen HawkingRead
Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.
Bob DoleRead
Nature has some perfections to show that she is the image of God, and some defects to show that she is only His image.
Blaise PascalRead
God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures_x000D_ _x000D_ Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with,_x000D_ _x000D_ One to show a woman when he loves her.
Robert BrowningRead
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me to love what the people abhor and to show good will toward the one they hate. It showed me that Love is a property not of the lover but of the beloved. Before my Soul taught me, Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs, but now it has been transformed into a halo; its first is its last, and its last is its first. It encompasses every being, slowly expanding to embrace all that ever will be.
Khalil GibranRead
We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.
Randy PauschRead
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Hans Urs Von BalthasarRead
I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.
Peter DinklageRead
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show_x000D_ _x000D_ That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
William CowperRead
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Anton ChekhovRead
The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
John MiltonRead
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night.
Bruce SpringsteenRead
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
Dalai LamaRead
our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.
Hermann HesseRead

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