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Apt Quotes

One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare Picture Quote #1

An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes Picture Quote #1

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it Picture Quote #1

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth Picture Quote #1

If you expect nothing, you’re apt to be surprised. You’ll get it Picture Quote #1

Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see Picture Quote #1

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The passion with which native intellectuals defend the existence of their national culture may be a source of amazement; but those who condemn this exaggerated passion are strangely apt to forget that their own psyche and their own selves are conveniently sheltered behind a French or German culture which has given full proof of its existence and which is uncontested Picture Quote #1

When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter Picture Quote #1

To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason Picture Quote #1

A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him Picture Quote #1

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends Picture Quote #1

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them Picture Quote #1

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Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances Picture Quote #1

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation Picture Quote #1

What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who's more apt to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who's actually done it Picture Quote #1

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries Picture Quote #1

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous Picture Quote #1

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity Picture Quote #1

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Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme Picture Quote #1

That is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back Picture Quote #1

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home Picture Quote #1

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil Picture Quote #1

Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trespass on that of others Picture Quote #1

An open mind is like to an open wound. Vulnerable to poison. Liable to fester. Apt to give its owner only pain Picture Quote #1

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History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness Picture Quote #1

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them Picture Quote #1

Lovers are apt to hear through their eyes, but the safest way is to see through their ears. Who was it that said, speak, that I may see you? Picture Quote #1

It is part of a follow my leader game of second best we have all been playing... it isn't a very good game; the people you play it with are apt to get hurt Picture Quote #1

It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true... But of course a true proposition is more apt to be interesting than a false one Picture Quote #1

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One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare (Apt Quotes) An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes (Apt Quotes) Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (Apt Quotes) Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth (Apt Quotes) If you expect nothing, you’re apt to be surprised. You’ll get it. (Apt Quotes) Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see (Apt Quotes) The passion with which native intellectuals defend the existence of their national culture may be a source of amazement; but those who condemn this exaggerated passion are strangely apt to forget that their own psyche and their own selves are conveniently sheltered behind a French or German culture which has given full proof of its existence and which is uncontested (Apt Quotes) When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter (Apt Quotes) To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason (Apt Quotes) A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him (Apt Quotes) The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends (Apt Quotes) Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them (Apt Quotes) Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances (Apt Quotes) Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation (Apt Quotes) What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who's more apt to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who's actually done it (Apt Quotes) Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries (Apt Quotes) Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous (Apt Quotes) It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity (Apt Quotes) Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme (Apt Quotes) That is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back (Apt Quotes) Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home (Apt Quotes) The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil (Apt Quotes) Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trespass on that of others (Apt Quotes) An open mind is like to an open wound. Vulnerable to poison. Liable to fester. Apt to give its owner only pain (Apt Quotes) History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness (Apt Quotes) Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others (Apt Quotes) As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them (Apt Quotes) Lovers are apt to hear through their eyes, but the safest way is to see through their ears. Who was it that said, speak, that I may see you? (Apt Quotes) It is part of a follow my leader game of second best we have all been playing... it isn't a very good game; the people you play it with are apt to get hurt (Apt Quotes) It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true... But of course a true proposition is more apt to be interesting than a false one (Apt Quotes)

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