#sensible

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. ↗

— Rosalind Russell

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We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But for all our wit and work, that desperation for control also prevents the pure, transcendental freedom more often delivered by both. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#control #desperation #freedom #love #lover

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime ↗

— Samuel Butler

#existence #life #lifetime #living #sensible

I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person. ↗

— Richard D. James

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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity. ↗

— Sa'Di

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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#find #forget #literature #me #pleaded

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

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My proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations - not necessarily friendly relations, but diplomatic relations - is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will finally get us off dead center. ↗

— Cyrus Vance

#center #dead #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #finally

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#energy #lot #neurosis #novel #really

We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#always #asked #because #before #decided