Mencius
Philosopher
"There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination."
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Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination."
Indira Gandhi
Politician
"Ability is not always gauged by examination."
Aristotle
Philosopher
"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit."
William Henry Harrison
Politician
"A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged."
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"Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it."
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"I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that there is no sign of intelligent life on Earth."
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"I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations"
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"If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later."
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"Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established."
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"Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration."
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"We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action."
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"The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder."
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"A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation."
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"He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand."
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"It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination."
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"When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination."
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"Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants."
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"Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn.""
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"If we did not bring to the examinations of our instincts a knowledge of their comparative dignity we could never learn it from them."
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"To subject every private family to the odious visits and examination of the tax-gatherers ... would be altogether inconsistent with liberty."
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"The Ten Commandments should be headed like an examination paper: No more than six to be attempted."
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"You will have to learn many tedious things,...which you will forget the moment you have passed your final examination, but in anatomy it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all."
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"Psychedelics are actually a kind of miraculous reality that can stand the test of objective examination."
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"Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously, that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case you have failed by default. Failure gave me an inner security that I had never obtained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things that I could not have learned any other way. I discovered I had a strong will and more discipline than I had suspected."
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