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"Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear." »William Gladstone
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"A theory must be tempered with reality." »Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams." »Thomas Carlyle
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"He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion." »Cornelius Tacitus
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"When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us." »Margery Allingham
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"Who can tell Men?s hearts? The purest comprehend Such contradictions, and can blend The force to bear, the power to feel, The tender bud, the tempered steel." »Hindu Drama
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"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. (On relations with the US)" »Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world." »William Lyon Phelps
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"The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong." »Wilson Mizner
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"...One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought." »Albert Einstein
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"Science at best is not wisdom it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment." »Lord Ritchie-Calder
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"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." »Sydney Harris
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"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." »Sidney J. Harris
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"A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender." »Jim Bishop
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"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others." »William Lyon Phelps
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"That man is good who does good to others if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further it is heroic, it is perfect." »La Bruyere
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"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today, at home and around the world" »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today, at home and around the world!" »John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961
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"To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power." »Tryon Edwards
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"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power." »Tryon Edwards
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"Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true." »Lester R Bittel
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"TAKING THE FIRST FOOTSTEP with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered paradise." »Zoroaster
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"Happiness a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion." »Jean Jacques Rousseau
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"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning anf a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible." »George Burns
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"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion." »Jean Jacques Rousseau
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"Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good." »F Scott
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"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." »Oscar Wilde
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