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Disposition Quotes

My master is of churlish disposition and little recks to find the way to heaven by doing deeds of hospitality Picture Quote #1

I crave fit disposition for my wife; due reference of place, and exhibition; with such accommodation, and besort, as levels with her breeding Picture Quote #1

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition Picture Quote #1

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden Picture Quote #1

You make me strange even to the disposition that I owe, when now I think you can behold such sights and keep the natural ruby of your cheeks when mine is blanched with fear Picture Quote #1

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce Picture Quote #1

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Nothing in human nature is so God - like as the disposition to do good to our fellow creatures Picture Quote #1

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice Picture Quote #1

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice Picture Quote #1

The doctrine called philosophical necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event Picture Quote #1

I have an epic, not a dramatic nature. My disposition and my desires call for peace to spin my thread, for a steady rhythm in life and art Picture Quote #1

One constant among the elements of 1914 - as of any era - was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true Picture Quote #1

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All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life Picture Quote #1

By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound Picture Quote #1

Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition Picture Quote #1

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star Picture Quote #1

A lioness with udders all drawn dry, lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch, when that the sleeping man should stir; for ‘tis the royal disposition of that beast To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead Picture Quote #1

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition Picture Quote #1

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I think what’s always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death Picture Quote #1

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don’t like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens Picture Quote #1

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations Picture Quote #1

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity Picture Quote #1

The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition Picture Quote #1

I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful Picture Quote #1

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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives Picture Quote #1

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government Picture Quote #1

True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests Picture Quote #1

There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him Picture Quote #1

The sciences are of a sociable disposition, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other; nor is there any branch of learning but may be helped and improved by assistance drawn from other arts Picture Quote #1

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not Picture Quote #1

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My master is of churlish disposition and little recks to find the way to heaven by doing deeds of hospitality (Disposition Quotes) I crave fit disposition for my wife; due reference of place, and exhibition; with such accommodation, and besort, as levels with her breeding (Disposition Quotes) It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition (Disposition Quotes) He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden (Disposition Quotes) You make me strange even to the disposition that I owe, when now I think you can behold such sights and keep the natural ruby of your cheeks when mine is blanched with fear (Disposition Quotes) Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce (Disposition Quotes) Nothing in human nature is so God - like as the disposition to do good to our fellow creatures (Disposition Quotes) For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice (Disposition Quotes) Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice (Disposition Quotes) The doctrine called philosophical necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event (Disposition Quotes) I have an epic, not a dramatic nature. My disposition and my desires call for peace to spin my thread, for a steady rhythm in life and art (Disposition Quotes) One constant among the elements of 1914 - as of any era - was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true (Disposition Quotes) All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life (Disposition Quotes) By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound (Disposition Quotes) Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition (Disposition Quotes) This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star (Disposition Quotes) A lioness with udders all drawn dry, lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch, when that the sleeping man should stir; for ‘tis the royal disposition of that beast To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead (Disposition Quotes) I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition (Disposition Quotes) I think what’s always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death (Disposition Quotes) I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don’t like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens (Disposition Quotes) Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations (Disposition Quotes) There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity (Disposition Quotes) The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition (Disposition Quotes) I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful (Disposition Quotes) Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives (Disposition Quotes) Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government (Disposition Quotes) True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests (Disposition Quotes) There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him (Disposition Quotes) The sciences are of a sociable disposition, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other; nor is there any branch of learning but may be helped and improved by assistance drawn from other arts (Disposition Quotes) To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not (Disposition Quotes)

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