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«Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.»
Author: Adam Smith
| Keywords:
directing, domestic, intends, intention, invisible hand, preferring, promote, promoting, public interest, The Public Interest
«A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the fa?ade of his appearance.»
Author: Alanis Morisette
| Keywords:
at work, chance upon, gauche, myriad, preferring, stylish, take advantage
«I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.»
Author: Janeane Garofalo
(Actress, Comedian)
| About:
Funny
| Keywords:
chipped, chipping, chip in, cracked, cracking, crack up, cut, cutting out, cut into, cut through, cut up, dark, dark glasses, Dark Side, Dark Side of the, emptier, empties, empty, emptying, empty of, glass, guess, guessed, half, lip, on it, prefer, preferring, side, The Dark, The Glass, tooth
«I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.»
Author: Anatole France
(Writer)
| About:
Enthusiasm,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
enthusiasm, folly, indifference, prefer, preferring
«It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.»
Author: Joseph Brodsky
(Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
jury, jury system, preferring, soviet, Soviets, Soviet Union, the system, the US, twelve
«I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
Among the, desires, dreamer, humbler, humblest, Lord's table, lorded, prefer, preferring, realized, The Dreamers, visions
«I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.»
«Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; / Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; / Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; / Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
affectioned, brotherly, brotherly love, Distributing, hospitality, preferring, rejoicing, slothful, tribulation
«But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Friendship
| Keywords:
charmed, charming, exactly, flatter, flat out, Friend, friendship, give it a try, giving, going, indeed, knows, means, of one mind, pain, please, preferring, prefers, really, say, says, tried and true, try, unpleasant
«I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
prefer, preferring, prejudices, principles
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