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«A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.»
Author: Ben Hecht
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Love,
Lovers
| Keywords:
apt, The Object of
«Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.»
«Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff»
Author: Harold Nicolson
(Author, Writer)
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Age,
Schools
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«And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the whim of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judgesover experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please?These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin ofcommonwealths and the subversion of the state.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Doubt,
Mankind,
Religion
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«Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Capitalism
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«Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.»
«As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
America and Americans,
Community,
Government,
Liberty,
Mankind
| Keywords:
Among the, apt, civil, community, entitled, equally, foremost, liberal, liberality, members, protections
«Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.»
«As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
apt, consequence, directly, immediate, The General
«Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best of minds. Men live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside.»
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