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"Among the multitudes will be found many who cannot discriminate between what is merely wanted and what is needed, what is necessary for bare subsistence and what is indispensable for the sake of the freedom and clarity of one's higher powers."
"I love him who maketh his virtue his inclination and destiny: thus, for the sake of his virtue, he is willing to live on, or live no more."
"You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity."
"It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was."
"I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power."
"Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure."
"My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake."
"It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows."
"I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles."
