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“Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.”

Ifs Men World Want May Common Share Talent Please Consequence Perfection Stations Discretion

Book:The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 1-314

Source: The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 1-314

“Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it's own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it's own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.”

Love May Causes Love Is Love You Objects Please Consequence Fruit Sake Merit Sufficient Usefulness Recompense

Book:Cantica Canticorum: Eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Solomon

Source: Cantica Canticorum: Eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Solomon

“I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.”

People Character Action Social Novel Crime Please Normal Consequence Behave Main Characters Crime Novels

Author:Steig Larsson

“Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.”

“There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.”

Humans Action Liberty Accepting Duty Please Consequence Harm Our Actions Consequences Of Our Actions

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No, true freedom in any area of life is the consequence of regular discipline. It is no less true of the life of prayer.”

Life Is Prayer Masters Discipline Please Musician Consequence Areas Scales Sheer Bondage True Freedom Legalism

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom he flatters of consequence enough to be flattered.”

Thinking Firsts May Enough Please Consequence Being True Flattery Flattered Flatterer Second Place

Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished