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«In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and bitter disillusionment are self-made»
«It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.»
«Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.»
«It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity»
«In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.»
«If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends»
«Men are but children of a larger growth, our appetites as apt to change as theirs, and full as craving too, and full as vain.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | About: Men | Keywords: appetites, apt, craving
«Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.»
«Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother»
Author: Robert Frost | Keywords: apt, his mother
«Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas: I wish, however, that the instrument might be less apt to decay, and that signs might be permanent, like the things they denote»

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