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«All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
All That, do-nothing, evil, necessaries, necessary, the Triumphs, triumph, triumphed, triumphing
«Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries»
Author: John Lothrop Motley
(Diplomat, Historian)
| About:
Luxury
| Keywords:
dispense, dispensed, dispenses, dispense with, dispensing, luxuries, necessaries
«For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.»
Author: Stuart Chase
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Belief
| Keywords:
necessaries, necessary, possible, proof, proofed
«If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
God,
Human Nature,
Religion
| Keywords:
him, invent, necessaries, necessary
«A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so hard in obtaining the necessaries that little energy is left over for the other purposes; but those whose livelihood is assured do not, on that account, cease to be active»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Work
| Keywords:
assured, be active, left over, necessaries, obliged, obtaining
«Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
necessaries
«At Mr Wackford Squeers's Academy, Dotheboys Hall . . . Youth are boarded, clothed, booked, furnished with pocket-money, provided with all necessaries, instructed in all languages living and dead.»
Author: Charles Dickens
| Keywords:
boarded, booked, Dead language, furnished, furnished with, hall, instructed, necessaries, pocket money, The academy
«If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary»
«It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
best, doing, got, have got, in use, I Say No, necessaries, necessary, out of use, saying, succeed, The Used, use, used up, use up, using up
«Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Criticism
| Keywords:
agreeable, attention, attentions, body, calls, call attention, criticism, criticisms, function, human, human body, may not, My state, necessaries, necessary, other states, pain, same, state, stating, the human body, unhealthy, with attention
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