Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Quotes
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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One thing that I can't avoid the fact, because I am Thaksin's youngest sister.
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I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
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I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.
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I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error.
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To me it was just incomprehensible... I have never been in trouble before... I will go miles away to avoid confrontation. I really don't like it,
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If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him.
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The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.
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Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because of error such as this that men become unjust and, in a word, wicked.
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For knowing is spoken of in three ways: it may be either universal knowledge or knowledge proper to the matter in hand or actualising such knowledge; consequently three kinds of error also are possible.
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I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches.
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Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.
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Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.
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It is nonviolent non-cooperation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways.
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I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error and sect contrary to the Holy Catholic Church.
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A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
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She stops speaking, but I can hear her silent sobs. They’re the loudest thing I’ve ever heard.
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The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.
