#cons

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

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We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. ↗

— Jean Toomer

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Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

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Anything new is always considered the devil's tool. ↗

— Rip Torn

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I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

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