#observe

Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#assertion #be careful #careful #designated #interests

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult. ↗

— Keith Henson

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While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer. ↗

— Anthony Holden

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Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well. ↗

— Brad Holland

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The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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