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William Shakespeare3 quotes
His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. — William Shakespeare · 1598I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose! — William Shakespeare · 1598Benjamin Franklin1 quote
The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1746Christopher Dawson1 quote
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. — Christopher Dawson · 1942Condoleezza Rice1 quote
The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. — Condoleezza Rice · 2002F.H. Bradley1 quote
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. — F.H. Bradley · 1893George Savile, Lord Halifax1 quote
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. — George Savile, Lord Halifax · 1750Graham Greene1 quote
I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. — Graham Greene · 1955Happy Gilmore1 quote
I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass! — Happy Gilmore · 1996Hermann Busenbaum1 quote
The end justifies the means. — Hermann Busenbaum · 1650J.P. Morgan1 quote
A man always has two reasons for what he does-a good one, and the real one. — J.P. Morgan · 1930Leon Trotsky1 quote
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. — Leon Trotsky · 1938Matthew Prior1 quote
The end must justify the means. — Matthew Prior · 1700Octave1 quote
Everyone has their reasons. — Octave · 1939