Richard Wilbur Quotes
To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
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He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
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I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.
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The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world.
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For us, it is fundamental. We cannot cooperate with an organization that won't renounce violence and be able to negotiate with the other side.
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A candidate has no right to force himself upon an unwilling party.
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Jesus Himself was criticized. He wasn't a glutton and drunkard, but He was accused of being those things. Why? Because He went to parties where people ate and drank, and some people probably were at those parties who were drunkards and gluttons. But you don't have to be sinning just because you're in in an environment of happiness.
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Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present.
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Spare me the mantra that the “fundamentals” are sound. Credit is the ultimate fundamental.
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Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.
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Just bought himself a new set of clubs a couple of months
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Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand in the way of the fundamental principle that we are similar to, connected with, and part of everything else.
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Bryan Habana likes to talk himself up before games and then nothing happens.
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Oh Lion in a peculiar guise, Sharp Roman road to Paradise, Come eat me up, I'll pay thy toll With all my flesh, and keep my soul.
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I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself.
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The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
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The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.
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Who does not love his own tongue is far worse than a brute or stinking fish.
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Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.
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To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.
