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Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.

Quote by John Updike about truth, privacy, woman, man

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

Quote by John Updike about religion, life

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

Quote by John Updike about opinion, rain, grace, sky, earth, life

We are most alive when we're in love.

Quote by John Updike about love

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

Quote by John Witherspoon about moral, authority, character, people

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation

Quote by John Witherspoon about opinion, conversation, principle, wish, state, man

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Quote by John Irving about life, courage, contentment, love

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact.

Quote by John Irving about people

A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

Quote by John Millington Synge about language, word, music, contentment

In a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple.

Quote by John Millington Synge about literature, good, good luck

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Quote by John Stuart Mill about order, originality, things, good, good luck

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Quote by John Stuart Mill about wish, happiness

The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.

Quote by John Clare about people, present, past, man, life

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Quote by John Gay about courage, mercy, love

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Quote by John Gay about love

Shadow owes its birth to light.

Quote by John Gay about shadow, light

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Quote by John Quincy Adams about courage, perseverance, difficulties, obstacles, air

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

Quote by John Quincy Adams about liberty, hope, use, good, good luck, contentment

Rush hour: that hour when traffic is almost at a standstill.

JQuote by J. B. Morton about opinion

The man does have better friend and worse enemy than himself.

Quote by John Lubbock about people, enemies, man