#capable

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. - A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation. ↗

— Lewis Cass

#acute #boredom #capable #creation #day

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. ↗

— Catherine II

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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

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Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

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Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness. ↗

— Stanislaw Lem

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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#did #literally #ourselves #things #would

Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well. ↗

— Yvonne Strahovski

#i #intelligent #into #life #like

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi. ↗

— Ben Elton

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