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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Lord Acton
Tags: Society Man Right
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
Jane Austen
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
Saint Basil
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When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.


Calvin Coolidge
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It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.


Kevin Hart
Tags: People Fact Evil
'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are.
Matt Reeves
No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.
Protagoras
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When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves, then the great American experience will come to an end.
Tim Huelskamp
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Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.


Mike Birbiglia
Tags: Great People Want
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.


Malcolm Wallop
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.


R. Buckminster Fuller
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
Calvin Coolidge
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Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.
Jurgen Habermas
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We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.


Emile M. Cioran
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When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror.


Liev Schreiber
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'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil.
Peter Dinklage
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When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people's attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being.
Deepak Chopra
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For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.


Laura San Giacomo
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.


Ferdinand Lassalle
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