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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no...

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about happiness, joy, work, man

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about poverty

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about nation, people

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man, being, people

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about advice

We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail, it was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.

Quote by Francis Parkman about day

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about god, things, love

Man through his essence is a dual being of Good and Evil that are a part of man’s self that he can never chase away from him, because if he tries to chase away Evil to keep only Good, Man becomes an alien to himself, transforming the Good he leans...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about man, self-control, perfection, being, normality, good, good luck, determination, morality, beginning

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws...

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

Quote by James Prescott Joule about physics, mind, god

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