Sake Quotes
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The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake; and if at any time a man make a thing for the sake of something else, it is referred to his own good, whether his use, his pleasure, or his virtue.
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Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled.
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Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.
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Every soul pursues the good and does whatever it does for its sake.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
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All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a dismal begging of the question.
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The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.
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I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.
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It's very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It's like trying to eat an elephant for God's sake. I can do it. It's just I have to have it bite by bite, you know. It's possible. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it bite by bite. You can't do it all in one go.
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.
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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue's sake.
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No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.
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When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. …People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.
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We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy.' If something was horribly offensive and shocking we would put it in if it was also hysterically funny.
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The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we.
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Money never can be well managed if sought solely through the greed of money for its own sake. In all meanness there is a defect of intellect as well as of heart. And even the cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.
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Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake.
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What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?
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Knowledge for the sake of knowledge! Truth for truth's sake! This is inhuman.
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I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.
