James Stephens Quotes
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There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.
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By having much, you are fitted to have more.
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Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
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James Fitzjames Stephen
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To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision.
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Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
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Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
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The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?
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God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper business of a woman.
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What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
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A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.