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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth or an impotence of will.

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Author:

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Power

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces and I've been doing that from a very young age.
  • 2. Each age it is found must write its own books or rather each generation for the next succeeding.
  • 3. So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

2 Amazing

  • 1. New Orleans in an amazing town.
  • 2. I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real amazing dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs.
  • 3. I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.
  • 2. So many women keep their anger inside and let it build until they explode and then people blow them off again.
  • 3. And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.
  • 2. Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union they insist there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which in my book is a good definition for friendship.
  • 3. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world.
  • 2. Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
  • 3. An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking bar at the site.
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