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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth, Beautiful, Nothing

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Real, Ideas, Enthusiasm

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Saint Augustine

Heart, Until, Quiet

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
Andrew Jackson

Rock, Bible, Republic

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Thomas Paine

Yourself, Through, Others

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang

Home, Travel, Beautiful

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Carl Jung

Truth, Knowledge, Alone

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
Margaret Mead

Humanity, Together, Learned

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Pythagoras

Strength, Mind, Passion

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
Albert Schweitzer

History, Truth, Strong

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Knowledge, Learning

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Real, House, Call

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
Amelia Barr

Great, Between, Difference

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson

Work, Once, Progress

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
Theodor Adorno

Violence, Physical, Domination

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.
Robert Browning

God, Justice, Until

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
Bryant H. McGill

Rather, Often, Expect

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.
Johann Georg Hamann

Reason, Language, Ability

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

Individual, Democratic, Views

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.
T. E. Lawrence

True, Children, Parents

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.
James Cash Penney

Trust, Him, Sign

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
Martha Graham

Small, Dance, Whole

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.
Edwin Louis Cole

Society, Moral, Ten

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.
Christopher Lasch

Love, Politics, Justice

My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind.
Shia LaBeouf

Money, Car, Mind

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.
Dean Koontz

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Sidney Lanier

Yourself, Through, Virtues

The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.
Russell Lynes

True, Down, Goal

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.
Tony Blair

Today, Order, Danger

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
Alexander Henry

Hope, Country, Language

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