Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
Al-Shafi‘i
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We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.
Chogyam Trungpa
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None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.
George Clooney
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Youth loves honor and victory more than money.
Aristotle
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The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
Aristotle
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
Aristotle
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The same thing may have all the kinds of causes, e.g. the moving cause of a house is the art or the builder, the final cause is the function it fulfils, the matter is earth and stones, and the form is the definitory formula.
Aristotle
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No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
Vincent Van Gogh
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That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain.
William Butler Yeats
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What Clint Eastwood meant was when you are directing and starring in a film, there's a temptation to spend more time on the other actors' performances, and then when you get to your own work, you kind of go, "Oh, yeah, well, let's cut that." And he said, "Take your time and make sure you do your work right." It's especially good advice if you're going from one career to another.
Scott Eastwood
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The music paled like a candle and went out.
Stella Benson
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Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.
Emma Orczy
