Apuleius Quotes
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
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I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
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But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
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Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
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The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.
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There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.
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One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.
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Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
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The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.
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Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
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Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to serve their own pride. They will understand, at best, half of the truth. But those who improve themselves for the sake of the world - to these, the whole truth of the universe will be revealed.
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Admiration is one of the chief delights of living.
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The man and the movement seemed 'reactionary' in my eyes. My common sense of justice, however, forced me to change this judgment in proportion as I had occasion to become acquainted with the man and his work; and slowly my fair judgment turned to unconcealed admiration. Today, more than ever, I regard this man as the greatest German mayor of all times.
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We live by Admiration, Hope, and Love; And, even as these are well and wisely fixed, In dignity of being we ascend.
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A monster which devours everything - that is familiarity.
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The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
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I'd go nuts. Because people look at the same passage and one person will say this is the best thing he's ever read, and another person will say it's absolutely idiotic. I mean, there's no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying.
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From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown out the voices of regular people.
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I feel bad about Lil Wayne going to jail, because I don't think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army. Let's just keep it real - Lil Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe Susan Boyle is on his level. But when you talk about music, nice times out of ten, Lil Wayne's name is gonna come into the conversation.
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Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.
