A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
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The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
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Disgust with dirt can be so great that it prevents us from cleaning ourselves - from 'justifying' ourselves.
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A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
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From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full sto...
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Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
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