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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about virtue, beauty, light, truth

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about duty, good, good luck

The cleaner the windscreen, the stronger the magnetism to insects.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, insects

Maternal instinct is stronger than any force known except an IRS collection agent.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, instinct, force, police

Paper is always strongest at the perforations.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

Give a strongly-worded lecture about punctuality and you will be late to the next performance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about punctuality, contentment

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

Quote by Joy Page about opinion, circumstances, concentration, change, contentment

My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a...

Quote by Camille Paglia about liberty, democracy, thinking, state, use

Money and women, they're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.

Quote by Satchel Paige about money, things, woman, world, contentment

There never was a man on Earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.

Quote by Satchel Paige about man, earth

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion, but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Quote by Thomas Paine about religion, law

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.

Quote by Brian De Palma about pleasure, dream, being, time, contentment

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about liberty, games, wish, history

It took me a very long time to get a strong enough identity to get away from the life that was laid out for me.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about time, identity, life

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

Quote by Theodore Parker about self-control, character

The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.

Quote by John Dos Passos about mind, chaos, moral, man

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

Quote by George Pataki about moral, morality, war, people

We will emerge stronger as a diverse community, the area will be rebuilt with life around the clock, new buildings, restaurants, places of entertainment.

Quote by George Pataki about power, life

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

Quote by Carly Patterson about power, need

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about enthusiasm, fight