Favors Quotes - Page 8

• De todas las clases de credulidad, la más obstinada es la del espíritu de partido; la de los hombres que, siendo contados, no saben por qué, en cualquier partido, renuncian al uso de sus propios ojos y oídos, y resuelven no creer nada que no favorezca a aquellos a quienes profesan seguir.

  Samuel Johnson

  Party, Believe, Eye

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• Los credos religiosos fomentan algunos de los tipos más locos de pensamientos, emociones y comportamientos y favorecen manifestaciones graves de neurosis, estados límite de la personalidad y, a veces, incluso psicosis.

  Albert Ellis

  Religioso, Psicosis, Personalidad

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• If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception embellished them; that weakness worships them; that custom spares them; and that tyranny favors them in order to profit from the blindness of men.

  Barón de Holbach

  Ateo, Ignorancia, Hombres

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• The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as unsafe to draw any inference in favor of a man's morals, from the fervor or strictness of his religious exercises, even though he himself believe them sincere.

  David Hume

  Religious, Believe, Exercise

  David Hume (2016). “The Natural History of Religion: Revision of Great Book”, p.50, VM eBooks

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• In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.

  Herbert Newton Casson

  Respect, Fear, Men

  "The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life". Forbes magazine, 1950.

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• Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legs (especially if the frogs are decapitated) and that, on the other hand, any doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings (with heads on their shoulders) must be benighted and superstitious.

  William James

  Science, Thinking, Hands

  1907 Pragmatism.

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• Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.

  H. L. Mencken

  Wise, Work, Advice

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.616, Vintage

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• A través del aprendizaje crecemos, convirtiéndonos en más de lo que éramos antes, y en ese sentido el aprendizaje es desinteresado, porque da como resultado la transformación de lo que éramos antes, un dejar de lado el viejo yo en favor de uno más complejo.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Empresa, Aprendizaje, Ser

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• Os doy las gracias a todos y aquí os despido a todos, y al amor y favor de mi país me comprometo yo, mi persona y la causa.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, 4th Of July, Causes

  William Shakespeare (1835). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”

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• There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

  Andrew Jackson

  Rain, 4th Of July, Blessing

  Veto Message on Bank Bill, 10 July 1832

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• Es característico del hombre magnánimo no pedir ningún favor, sino estar dispuesto a hacer bondad a los demás.

  Aristotle

  Spiritual, Kindness, Men

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• Self love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.

  Karl A. Menninger

  Amor, Aceptación, Amor Es

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• Una nación no puede prosperar mucho tiempo si sólo favorece a los prósperos.

  Barack Obama

  Long, Wealth, Nations

  Primer discurso de investidura presidencial, pronunciado el 20 de enero de 2009

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• Polls show that most people in the world favor humbler, more compassionate solutions to our common problems. Not only favor them but, resolving to love in a more complete and final way, try to put them into action. A society based on universal compassion is not just our only hope; it is an evolutionary imperative.

  Marc Ian Barasch

  Compassion, People, Trying

  Marc Ian Barasch (2010). “The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness”, p.386, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Al suprimir las diferencias y peculiaridades, al eliminar las diferentes civilizaciones y culturas, el progreso debilita la vida y favorece la muerte

  Octavio Paz

  Civilization, Differences, Progress

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• Don't let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you're capable of unless you try.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Believe, Promise, Desire

  "A Woman’s Place" by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. July 11 & 18, 2011.

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• The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Struggle, Overcoming

  Robert Collier (2009). “Riches Within Your Reach!”, p.207, Penguin

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• La juventud llega al mundo con prejuicios muy felices a su favor. Se imagina no sólo segura de realizar cualquier aventura, sino también de obtener las recompensas que su realización pueda merecer. No se convence fácilmente de que la fuerza del mérito pueda ser resistida por la obstinación y la avaricia, o su brillo oscurecido por la envidia y la malignidad.

  Samuel Johnson

  Believe, Adventure, Accomplishment

  Samuel Johnson (1828). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.199

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• Si escribes una historia, puede que sea mala; si escribes cien, tienes las probabilidades a tu favor.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Escritura, Probabilidades, Historias

  "King of the Jungle" por John J. Miller, reason.com. Agosto/Septiembre de 1999.

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• No man is prejudiced in favor of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its being right; and when he sees it is not so, the prejudice will be gone.

  Thomas Paine

  Hate, Men, Knowing

  Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.161, Cambridge University Press

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• A work of real merit finds favor at last.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Appreciation, Real, Work

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). "Charla de sobremesa"

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• Quien espera a que las circunstancias favorezcan completamente su empresa, nunca logrará nada.

  Martin Luther

  Procrastination, Waiting, Accomplish

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• Chance favors only those who court her.

  Charles Nicolle

  Inspirational, Second Chance, Court

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• Estoy a favor de conservar la costumbre francesa de besar la mano a las damas. Después de todo, por algún sitio hay que empezar.

  Sacha Guitry

  Kissing, Hands, Habit

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• We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Privilege, Repetition

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