George Will
Political Commentator, Author
"Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses."
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Admirable
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John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable."
Andre Gide
Novelist
"There are admirable potentialities in every human being."
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher, Statesman
"...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched."
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"In Hinduism we have got an admirable foot-rule to measure every shastra and every rule of conduct, and that is truth."
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"Education is an admirable thing."
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"U.S. certainly are not warlike. We don't want that. We want to make money, which I always thought was one of the most admirable things about Americans."
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"Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable."
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"Nature is an admirable schoolmistress."
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"My characters are actually usually pretty smart and admirable."
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"A good, very good, not to say admirable schoolmaster, but then he is only a schoolmaster."
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