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Uta Quotes

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests Picture Quote #1

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes Picture Quote #1

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror Picture Quote #1

Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle Picture Quote #1

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced Picture Quote #1

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms Picture Quote #1

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I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose Picture Quote #1

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues Picture Quote #1

This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion Picture Quote #1

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour Picture Quote #1

Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible Picture Quote #1

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are Picture Quote #1

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory Picture Quote #1

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen Picture Quote #1

To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves Picture Quote #1

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted Picture Quote #1

Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery Picture Quote #1

What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art Picture Quote #1

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How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in their youth, extinguished in their own presence? Picture Quote #1

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one Picture Quote #1

Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block Picture Quote #1

He who denies his own vanity usually possesses it in so brutal a form that he instinctively shuts his eyes to avoid the necessity of despising himself Picture Quote #1

If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor? Picture Quote #1

A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow Picture Quote #1

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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed Picture Quote #1

Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck Picture Quote #1

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name Picture Quote #1

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion Picture Quote #1

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down Picture Quote #1

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune Picture Quote #1

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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests (Uta Quotes) The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes (Uta Quotes) To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror (Uta Quotes) Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle (Uta Quotes) The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced (Uta Quotes) How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms (Uta Quotes) I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose (Uta Quotes) There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues (Uta Quotes) This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion (Uta Quotes) Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour (Uta Quotes) Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible (Uta Quotes) Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are (Uta Quotes) Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory (Uta Quotes) I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen (Uta Quotes) To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves (Uta Quotes) The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted (Uta Quotes) Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery (Uta Quotes) What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art (Uta Quotes) How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in their youth, extinguished in their own presence? (Uta Quotes) One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one (Uta Quotes) Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block (Uta Quotes) He who denies his own vanity usually possesses it in so brutal a form that he instinctively shuts his eyes to avoid the necessity of despising himself (Uta Quotes) If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor? (Uta Quotes) A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow (Uta Quotes) The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed (Uta Quotes) Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck (Uta Quotes) A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name (Uta Quotes) It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion (Uta Quotes) Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down (Uta Quotes) A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune (Uta Quotes)

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