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John Morley Quotes: The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart.
         

The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart.


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The next great task of science is to create a religion for humanity.



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You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.



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The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it.



The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.

The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.



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Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking.



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The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart.



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Politics is a field where action is one long second best and where the choice constantly lies between two blunders.



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You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.





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