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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

Quote by Lord Acton about moral, consequences, morality, wealth, society, man, rightness

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Quote by John Adams about liberty, rightness, real estate

Proper disposal of chewing gum is in the carpet.

Proper disposal of chewing gum is in the carpet.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about real estate

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and...

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Quote by Pierre Bayle about history, criminals, human imperfections, nothing

This means that each country, in addition to the general...

This means that each country, in addition to the general properties common to the whole world, also has its own specific properties.

Quote by Paracelsus about country, common sense, world

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force...

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tragedy, force, police, economy

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about judges, integrity, virtue, things

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about woman

The IRA is being used as the excuse by them all not to...

The IRA is being used as the excuse by them all not to engage properly in the process of building peace with justice in Ireland.

Quote by Gerry Adams about rightness, justice, peace, being

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about charm, reward, sleep, use, god, work

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Quote by Joseph Addison about patience, real estate

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I...

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

Quote by Aeschylus about attitude, silence

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something....

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about pleasure

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen,...

Quote by Prince Andrew about question, family, moment

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy, man

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Quote by Aristotel about common sense, affair, use, man

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with...

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about dream, people

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

Quote by Jane Austen about education, world

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Quote by Charles Dickens

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about existence, problems, mind, work

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