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    I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

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People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Value Quotes,
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In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt read more

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

by Chuang Tzu Found in: Value Quotes,
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If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges read more

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Found in: Value Quotes,
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Cynicism Quotes, Value Quotes,
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Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.

by Ralph T. Flewelling Found in: Value Quotes,
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The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Value Quotes,
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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Value Quotes,
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - read more

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

by Aesop Found in: Value Quotes,
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Value Quotes,
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