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Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are then also apt to fall into the greatest miscarriages Picture Quote #1

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me Picture Quote #1

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles Picture Quote #1

I just know that any time I undertake a case, I’m apt to run into some kind of a trap Picture Quote #1

In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt to be the things that are least worth holding; the really important things are the things about which men will fight Picture Quote #1

Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self Picture Quote #1

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We are apt to think that our ideas are the creation of our own wisdom but the truth is that they are the result of the experience through outside contact Picture Quote #1

Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality Picture Quote #1

Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman Picture Quote #1

We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon it than that illusion goes. So it appears that the range of the measureable is not the range of the knowable. There are things we can measure, like time, but yet our minds do not grasp their meaning. There are things we cannot measure, like happiness or pain, and yet their meaning is perfectly clear to us Picture Quote #1

Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to mistake a fancy for a fact. Geologists, in particular, have very frequently amused themselves in this way, and it is not a little amusing to follow them in their fancies and their waking dreams. Geology, indeed, in this view, may be called a romantic science Picture Quote #1

Perfect concordance among reformers is not to be expected; and men who are honestly struggling towards the light cannot hope to attain at one bound to the complete truth. There is always a danger lest the fascination of a new discovery should lead us too far. Men of science, being human, are apt, like lovers, to exaggerate the perfections and be a little blind to the faults of the object of their choice Picture Quote #1

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Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others Picture Quote #1

I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings Picture Quote #1

I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in Picture Quote #1

Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none Picture Quote #1

Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece Picture Quote #1

One is apt to think of moral failure as due to weakness of character: more often it is due to an inadequate ideal Picture Quote #1

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Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail Picture Quote #1

Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true respectability of character Picture Quote #1

The student who uses home made apparatus, which is always going wrong, often learns more than one who has the use of carefully adjusted instruments, to which he is apt to trust and which he dares not take to pieces Picture Quote #1

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it Picture Quote #1

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes Picture Quote #1

Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the fundamental rules of calculation without too much confusion. The same teacher trying to teach new math is apt to get across nothing at all Picture Quote #1

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If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air Picture Quote #1

It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave’s back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years Picture Quote #1

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered Picture Quote #1

The very people who shudder over the cruelty of the hunter are apt to forget that slaughter, in the grimmest sense of the word, is a process they entrust daily to the butcher; and that unlike the game of the forests, even the dumbest creatures of the slaughterhouse know what is in store for them Picture Quote #1

If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading Picture Quote #1

Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of us are apt at times to forget the delicacies and sincerities which under these conditions are essential to harmony and honour Picture Quote #1

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Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are then also apt to fall into the greatest miscarriages (Apt Quotes) I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me (Apt Quotes) When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles (Apt Quotes) I just know that any time I undertake a case, I’m apt to run into some kind of a trap (Apt Quotes) In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt to be the things that are least worth holding; the really important things are the things about which men will fight (Apt Quotes) Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self (Apt Quotes) We are apt to think that our ideas are the creation of our own wisdom but the truth is that they are the result of the experience through outside contact (Apt Quotes) Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality (Apt Quotes) Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman (Apt Quotes) We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon it than that illusion goes. So it appears that the range of the measureable is not the range of the knowable. There are things we can measure, like time, but yet our minds do not grasp their meaning. There are things we cannot measure, like happiness or pain, and yet their meaning is perfectly clear to us (Apt Quotes) Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to mistake a fancy for a fact. Geologists, in particular, have very frequently amused themselves in this way, and it is not a little amusing to follow them in their fancies and their waking dreams. Geology, indeed, in this view, may be called a romantic science (Apt Quotes) Perfect concordance among reformers is not to be expected; and men who are honestly struggling towards the light cannot hope to attain at one bound to the complete truth. There is always a danger lest the fascination of a new discovery should lead us too far. Men of science, being human, are apt, like lovers, to exaggerate the perfections and be a little blind to the faults of the object of their choice (Apt Quotes) Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others (Apt Quotes) I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings (Apt Quotes) I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in (Apt Quotes) Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none (Apt Quotes) Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece (Apt Quotes) One is apt to think of moral failure as due to weakness of character: more often it is due to an inadequate ideal (Apt Quotes) Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail (Apt Quotes) Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true respectability of character (Apt Quotes) The student who uses home made apparatus, which is always going wrong, often learns more than one who has the use of carefully adjusted instruments, to which he is apt to trust and which he dares not take to pieces (Apt Quotes) It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it (Apt Quotes) Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes (Apt Quotes) Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the fundamental rules of calculation without too much confusion. The same teacher trying to teach new math is apt to get across nothing at all (Apt Quotes) If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air (Apt Quotes) It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave’s back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years (Apt Quotes) When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered (Apt Quotes) The very people who shudder over the cruelty of the hunter are apt to forget that slaughter, in the grimmest sense of the word, is a process they entrust daily to the butcher; and that unlike the game of the forests, even the dumbest creatures of the slaughterhouse know what is in store for them (Apt Quotes) If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading (Apt Quotes) Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of us are apt at times to forget the delicacies and sincerities which under these conditions are essential to harmony and honour (Apt Quotes)

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