It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed ... The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Fraud and prevarication are servile vices. They sometimes grow out of the necessities, always out of the habits, of slavish and degenerate spirits. It is an erect countenance, it is a firm adherence to principle, it is a power of resisting false shame and frivolous fear, that assert our good faith and honor, and assure to us the confidence of mankind.
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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
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All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.
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All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.
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We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
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No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges; their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities, are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society.
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Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
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If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Great necessities call forth great leaders.
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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do -- they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.
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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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... we have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for ...
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Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
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Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves
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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
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Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.
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Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.
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Our necessities never equal our wants.
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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
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Beauty rests on necessities.
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