Epicharmus of Kos Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
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I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope).
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From nothing I have created another entirely new world.
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Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.
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Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard for its actual existence amongst us and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way, and to all the constitutional obligations which have been thrown about it; but, nevertheless, desire a policy that looks to the prevention of it as a wrong, and looks hopefully to the time when as a wrong it may come to an end.
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It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor does moral conduct, and it is possible to perform noble deeds even without being ruler of land and sea: one can do virtuous acts with quite moderate resources. This may be clearly observed in experience: private citizens do not seem to be less but more given to doing virtuous actions than princes and potentates. It is sufficient then if moderate resources are forthcoming; for a life of virtuous activity will be essentially a happy life.
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A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
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The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.
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I do not mean to moralise but to those who do, I would give this advice : if you mean ultimately to deprive the best things and states of all all honour and worth then continue to talk about them as you have been doing!
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People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
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The gods sell to us all the goods which they give us.
