#consist

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. ↗

— Henry Adams

#education

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. ↗

— Joyce Cary

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I'm as proud of my inconsistencies as I am my consistencies. ↗

— Myles Horton

#growth #ideology #inconsistencies #learning #self

Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#wild

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

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Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Happiness does not consist in self-love. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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