Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Voltaire
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Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
VOLTAIRE No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites i...
R.K. NARAYAN Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neith...
NAPOLEON HILL For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupi...
AYN RAND I am neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, I am a man, I am a vampire.
MICHAEL ROMKEY When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.
EURIPIDES The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man ...
FRANCIS BACON SR. Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you wi...
NAPOLEON HILL Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust n...
AYN RAND Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
BIBLE The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused m...
FRANCIS BACON Neither Man, nor machine can replace its creator.
TAPAN GHOSH Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy whe...
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy whe...
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Persons of demonic nature do not know what to do and what not to do. They neither have purity nor go...
BHAGAVAD GITA Children should neither be seen nor heard from - ever again.
A man without happiness is neither good nor well.
VIKRANT PARSAI Man delights not me--nor woman neither, though, by your smiling
you seem to say so.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
ROGER BABSON The president's made our position very clear: We do not condone torture, nor would he ever authorize...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
J. PAUL GETTY The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.
MALTESE PROVERB Man was formed for society and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a ...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law
THOMAS JEFFERSON Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
GURU NANAK I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste
GURU NANAK I stay neutral with homosexuality; I neither support nor condemn it. But if people are happy with it...
M.F. MOONZAJER Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. ...
RAYMOND CHANDLER took place in a proceeding where neither my lawyers nor I ever appeared.
MICHAEL JACKSON I have neither been there nor done that
NANCY CARTWRIGHT I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
AARON SORKIN So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor ...
HOMER Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.
JAMES T. FARRELL Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.
JEFFERSON DAVIS These are announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neit...
QURAN No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time -nor ever will
MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive y...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.
HONORE DE BALZAC From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller
DANISH PROVERB I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neit...
SITTING BULL One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech.
DENNIS MILLER Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learnin...
JEAN PIAGET Mrs. Reagan has not endorsed any candidate in the campaign. Neither she nor President Reagan ever en...
JOANNE DRAKE It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
ROGER BABSON A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these...
HENRY HOME ICraveTV.com isn't playing by the rules. They have neither sought nor obtained permission to use our...
MICHAEL MCCABE Neither lend money to a great man nor borrow it from a powerful one.
VIKRANT PARSAI I do not know at what moment in life, if ever, we realise that we are neither George Sands nor Julie...
ELIZABETH BIBESCO The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last...
WILLIAM HAZLITT 'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
JOHN SELDEN There is neither creation nor destruction,
neither destiny nor free will, neither
path nor...
RAMANA MAHARSHI A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ...we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.
JULIO RAMóN RIBEYRO The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not for...
THOMAS S. SZASZ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not for...
THOMAS SZASZ Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not wort...
CONFUCIUS Gladstone was what you'd call an ornamental rector. Some were neither use nor ornament. He was at le...
DONALD WINTERSGILL Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral u...
HERMAN KAHN We're neither happy nor worried about it. The replacement program is doing what it's supposed to and...
JAMES MACDONALD Neither holy, nor Roman, nor Empire.
VOLTAIRE The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.
WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the na?ve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not for...
THOMAS SZASZ Neither man ever met a tax increase they didn't like.
SHERRY SYLVESTER Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those wh...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where t...
BIBLE The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or pr...
ELIZABETH I The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor
WILLIAM TEMPLE SR. Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
VICTOR HUGO That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
ANATOLE FRANCE That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
ANATOLE FRANCE Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone.
JOHN MILTON I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom --one fil...
JOHN KEATS I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom /one fill...
JOHN KEATS I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one fille...
JOHN KEATS The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
MUHAMMAD IQBAL Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can...
MARLO THOMAS I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence,...
GIACOMO CASANOVA When abstinence curricula contain information about sexual abuse or assault (though they often don't...
JESSICA VALENTI For I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the...
ANONYMOUS These are neither heroes nor martyrs nor saints.
CHERYL KEEN He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is...
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a fr...
NATHANIEL BRANDEN One does not arrest Voltaire.
CHARLES DE GAULLE For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God a...
JOHN MILTON Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the i...
BERTRAND RUSSELL They look like they're running a system which has neither law nor order, neither organization nor au...
AMOS GILAD Use, don't abuse.
GRACE JONES Suburbs rarely, if ever, have poor people, and neither do these. It's not true diversity.
ALEX MARSHALL The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous
JOHN LE CARRé Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum.
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