Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When change itself can give no more, 'T is easy to be true.
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Wise men and gods are on the strongest side.
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Lovers, like dying men, may well At first disorder'd be, Since none alive can truly tell What Fortune they must see.
-- Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
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I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away from them.
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The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!
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We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.
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There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.
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It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happiness.
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.
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It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.
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