"Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of little worth in politics."
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"The only thing that saves the world is the little handful of disinterested men that are in it."
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"Taking the question in general, I should say, in the case of many poets, that the most important thing for them to do ... is to write as little as possible"
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"I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both."
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"Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed."
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"Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end."
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"To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start."
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"Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my own iniquity; let's even smile a little. After all, there is no harm in smiling."
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"All greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught."
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"There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born."
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"I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books."
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"Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection."
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"I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend."
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"If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth."
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"Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated."
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"I think we are all frightened a little bit when a new broom starts to sweep."
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"What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?"
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"When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much."
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"I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere."
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"I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly the most important truth of human existence. If it is largely error, then it is one of monumentally tragic proportions—and should be vigorously opposed."
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