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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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H. L. Mencken The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. William Wordsworth He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free. Victor Hugo Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Alexander Pope Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Edmund Burke Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. Dan Quayle If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. Joseph Addison Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. Joseph Addison In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. Simone de Beauvoir There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. Benjamin Disraeli No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. John Ruskin To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. John Ruskin To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life. Robert Louis Stevenson To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Robert Louis Stevenson Let each become all that he was created capable of being. Thomas Carlyle Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being. Thomas Carlyle We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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