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was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

 

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All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out

 

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In lazy Apathy let Stoics boast,
Their Virtue fix'd, 'tis fixed as in

 

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It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment

 

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That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.



Franklin D. Roosevelt:

 

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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

 

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Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

 

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Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.

 

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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

 

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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

 

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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.



Plato:

 

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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

 

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The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.



Thomas Carlyle:

 

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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

 

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The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

 

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He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche

 

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and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked

 

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for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction. [published 11/30/1905 in the Lincoln (Kansas) Sentinel - an adaptation of this is often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, though nothing like it has been found in his writings.]

 

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To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children

 

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To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;