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• There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Two, Worry

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• Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Reading, Mean, Men

  Letter to Edward Carrington, 16 Jan. 1787

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• Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

  Karl Kraus

  Country, Moral Corruption, Literature

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• Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

  Blaise Pascal

  Faith, Different, Proof

  "Pensées" by Blaise Pascal, 1669.

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• Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Courage, Honesty

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• We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom.

  Alfred Kastler

  Light, Transition, Atoms

  Alfred Kastler (1988). “Oeuvre scientifique: 1956-1983”

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• The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

  Max Lucado

  Faith, God, Christian

  Max Lucado (1996). “When God Whispers Your Name”, W Publishing Group

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• If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

  Honore de Balzac

  Spring, Years, Enemy

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• Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover either for grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much-cherished aspect of academic freedom.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Freedom, People, Criticism

  "H.L. Mencken: The Baltimore Oracle" by John Kenneth Galbraith, www.washingtonpost.com. September 14, 1980.

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• Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Noble, Body

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Life, Success, Men

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• All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

  James Madison

  Debt, Made, Former

  James Madison (1867). “1769-1793”, p.504

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• Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

  Horace Mann

  Inspirational, Education, School

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.112

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• The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

  H. L. Mencken

  Regret, Character, Men

  Prejudices, Fourth Series ch. 11 (1924)

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• The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.

  George Santayana

  Love, Beauty, Wisdom

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.30, 谷月社

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• There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Power

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• Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.

  Fredrik Bajer

  Balance, Pleasure, Should

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• The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

  Neal Stephenson

  Stupid, Intelligent, Differences

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “The Diamond Age”, p.283, Spectra

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• In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict.

  Chen-Ning Yang

  Impact, Western Culture, Half

  Chen Ning Yang (2005). “Selected Papers, 1945-1980, with Commentary”, p.247, World Scientific

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• Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.

  Calamity Jane

  Umpires, California, San Francisco

  Calamity Jane (1896). “Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane”

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• Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.

  James Mark Baldwin

  Order, Soul, Important

  James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”

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• There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.

  Vera Nazarian

  Lying, Playing Games, Differences

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• We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

  Boris Spassky

  Theatre, Cinema, Actors

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• Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them.

  Gilbert Murray

  Thinking, Analysis, Sometimes

  Aristotle, Gilbert Murray (1920). “On the Art of Poetry”, p.12, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Love, Life, Spiritual

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