John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"Prayer is the chief exercise of faith."
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Chiefs
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Freeman Tilden
Author
"The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives."
Alfred North Whitehead
Philosopher, Mathematician
"The chief error in philosophy is overstatement."
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom."
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"The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"The chief business of the American people is business."
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"Security is the chief enemy of mortals."
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"Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life."
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"The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will find out at once how to arrange it all."
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"Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief."
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"Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world."
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"The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative."
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"The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects."
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"Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones."
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"We must make humility the chief thing we admire in Him."
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"It is surely very narrow policy that supposes money to be the chief good."
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"Politeness is the chief sign of culture."
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"The chief business of America is business."
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"The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral."
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"You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it."
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"A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it."
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"Leaders should be the chief repenters."
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"Jean Kirkpatrick [is] the chief sadist-in-residence of the Reagan Administration."
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