(1436 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
“Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.”
William Penn
“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
“One should, perform karma with nonchalance without expecting the benefits because sooner of later one shall definitely gets the fruits. ”
Rig Veda
“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
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss
“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
“We do no benevolences whose first benefit is not for ourselves”
Mark Twain
“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
“An injury engraves itself on metal; a benefit is written on the waves”
Jean Bertaut
