Poems List

George Lucas

I am simply trying to

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding.

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George Lucas

A special effect is a

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

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Denis Diderot

People praise virtue, but they

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.

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Denis Diderot

It is not human nature

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

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Denis Diderot

The general interest of the

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

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Denis Diderot

The arbitrary rule of a

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

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Denis Diderot

The following general definition of

The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.

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Denis Diderot

Gaiety --a quality of ordinary

Gaiety --a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

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Denis Diderot

Pithy sentences are like sharp

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

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Denis Diderot

The decisions of law courts

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

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Denis Diderot

Poetry must have something in

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

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Denis Diderot

The possibility of divorce renders

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

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Woodrow Wilson

No thoughtful man ever came

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and a little space of calm from which to look back upon it, who did not know and acknowledge that it was what he had done unselfishly and for others, and nothing else, that satisfied him in the retrospect, and made him feel that he had played the man.

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Woodrow Wilson

No man has ever risen

No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

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Woodrow Wilson

Fear God and you need

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

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Woodrow Wilson

The nation's honor is dearer

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.

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Woodrow Wilson

Only free peoples can hold

Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.

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Woodrow Wilson

You cannot be friends upon

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

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Woodrow Wilson

All things come to him

All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.

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Woodrow Wilson

No man can worship God

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

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Woody Hayes

There's nothing that cleanses your

There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

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Woodrow Wilson

I would rather fail in

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

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Peter Kropotkin

Lenin is not comparable to

Lenin is not comparable to any revolutionary figure in history. Revolutionaries have had ideals. Lenin has none.

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Saki

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

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