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Walter Bagehot Quotes

Walter Bagehot quote: "Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what..."

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

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No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not thou the world. With men thou canst not live, Their thoughts, their ways, their wishes, are not thine; And being lonely thou art miserable, For something has impair'd they spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing font of joy. Matthew Arnold
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But this lump does not absolve me, because I got it through heedlessness, not though courage. I run my tongue over my lip and what do I do? I write. But bad literature brings no redemption. Umberto Eco
There is no error more common than that of thinking that those who are the causes or occasions of great tragedies share in the feelings suitable to the tragic mood: no error more fatal than expecting it of them. The martyr in his 'shirt of flame' may be looking on the face of God, but to him who is piling the faggots or loosening the logs for the blast the whole scene is no more than the slaying of an ox is to the butcher, or the felling of a tree to the charcoal burner in the forest, or the... Oscar Wilde
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I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays — they may have struck him as just another reminder that his draw was getting slower by the year—but what if he truly liked a major celebration? What if he looked forward every year to marking the day of his birth with what they used to call in the West 'a real wingding, with pink balloons and a few survivors'? Calvin Trillin
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool. George Washington
A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!". Ayn Rand
Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace. Martin Luther King jr.
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If there's a severe recession, the automatic stabilizers will come into effect, and we will still try to reduce the structural deficit, but we will not try to keep cutting the budget so that we keep worsening a severe recession. Franklin Raines
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If you will come back and make that pledge, God will heal your heart tonight. Benny Hinn