(1064 quotes found)
“Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.”
William Greider
“Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.”
William Penn
“An injury engraves itself on metal; a benefit is written on the waves”
Jean Bertaut
“This benefit of seeing... can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image... the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.”
Dorothea Lange
“We do no benevolences whose first benefit is not for ourselves”
Mark Twain
“The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.”
Cyrano De Bergerac
“Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities . To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it.”
Germaine Greer
“One should, perform karma with nonchalance without expecting the benefits because sooner of later one shall definitely gets the fruits. ”
Rig Veda
“The benefit would be access to public capital markets so it can take on new products and markets. The disadvantage is an additional layer of responsibility and reporting.”
Robert Merton
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