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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count. ↗

— George Mikes

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The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others. ↗

— Henry Drummond

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It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it. ↗

— Orlando Gibbons

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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. ↗

— James Robinson

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Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. ↗

— Robert Millikan

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The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords. ↗

— James J. Gibson

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The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ↗

— Mark Twain

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