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Letter "T" » to seem
«The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.»
Author: Daniel Webster
(Orator, Senator, Statesman)
| About:
Appearance,
Reality,
World
| Keywords:
appearance, governed, realities, to seem
«The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. Now we see that when a kid is this crazy, he'll make the family begin to seem crazy.»
Author: Dr. John Talbott
| About:
Philosophy
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caused, kid, mothers, schizophrenic, The Family, to seem
«When Rabbit said, `Honey or condensed milk with your bread?' he was so excited that he said, `Both,' and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, `But don't bother about the bread, please.'»
«That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.»
«The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
end point, paradoxical, philosophy, point, Point of, stating, the point, to seem
«We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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Life
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actually, imaginary, imaginary being, real life, satisfied, seem, to seem
«One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done»
«Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be»
«It is my study to seem despiteful and ungentle to you.»
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