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“We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and the introduction of it into the world, has been suppressed by the united tyranny of Church and State, for the purpose of keeping people in ignorance, and which ought to be known.”

People World Has Beens States Purpose Church United Known Information Ignorance Ought Mass Bible Tyranny Suspects Introduction Church And State

Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar

Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar

“Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.”

Men Way Giving Ability Ought

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)

“For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.”

Two Adventure Ought Perceive Resolve Resolution Prompts

Book:The Iliad of Homer

Source: The Iliad of Homer

“As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said, He had divorced Pompeia because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a crime, but of the very suspicion of it.”

Said Done Certain Clear Wife Crime Ought Bed Injury Suspicion Testimony Divorced

Book:Plutarch's Lives

Source: Plutarch's Lives

“Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing, as in love and in faith; but it means the power which governs the most intense energy, and prevents its acting in way but as it ought.”

Way Mean Doe Energy Acting Ought Good Things Intense Imperfect Stopping Temperance

Book:The Stones of Venice...

Source: The Stones of Venice...

“The best pictures are always those one dreams of when one is smoking a pipe in bed, but which never get done. But still one ought to try, however incompetent one may feel before the unspeakable perfection and radiant splendour of nature.”

Feels Trying May Stills Done Dream Ought Bed Perfection Smoking Pipe Radiant Incompetent Unspeakable Splendour Smoking A Pipe Best Picture

Book:Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

Source: Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

“I had a new idea in my head... this time it's just simply my bedroom, only here colour is to do everything, and, giving by its simplification a grander style to things, is to be suggestive here of rest or of sleep in general. In a word, to look at the picture ought to rest the brain or rather the imagination.”

Giving Looks Ideas Imagination Sleep Brain Style Ought Colour New Ideas Bedroom Simplification

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

“We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary.”

Made Easy Difficult Known Ought Being Thankful

Author:Epicurus

“The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head.”

Ideas Religion Ought Ten Commandments Ten Commandments

Author:Elizabeth Bibesco

“Believe that story false that ought not to be true.”

Believe Stories Ought Being True Scandal

Author:Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows.”

Thinking Heaven Objects Ought Shadow Tests Blue Paint Atmosphere Isolated Sunlight Tubes Domes

Book:Monet: a retrospective

Source: Monet: a retrospective

“The soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses; it is in this fire that existence consists; all the observations and all the efforts of philosophers ought to turn towards this ME, the centre and moving power of our sentiments and our ideas.”

Ideas Soul Moving Turns Effort Existence Fire Ought Philosopher Senses Observation Burning Sentiments Rays Centre Darts

Author:Madame de Stael

“Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps, nor to take upon ourselves to give instructions in spirituality when, perhaps, we do not even know what it is.”

People Knows Giving Looks Reality Spirituality Ought Faults Following Instruction Realism Footsteps

Author:Teresa of Avila

“Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.”

Knows Art Age School Girl Boys Ought Reflection Printing School Girl

Author:Horace Mann

“Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.”

Today Action Hurt Ought Determination Determined My Thoughts I Am Determined Hurting Myself

Author:Gerald Jampolsky

“You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer.”

Loses Knowing Seeing Fashion Ought Mercy Sight Instant Steers

Book:The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

“As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.”

Ought Shame Ashamed

Author:Livy

“Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like.”

Ought Exquisite

Author:John Cleese

“Tools and techniques ought to be an extension of consciousness, but they can just as easily be a protection from consciousness. Then the tools become defence mechanisms... against the unconscious.”

Consciousness Ought Tools Protection Technique Unconscious Mechanism Extensions Defence Defence Mechanism

Author:Rollo May

“Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.”

Thinking Reason Left Ought Baseball Institutions

Author:James J. Kilpatrick

“So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm writing that book review for every bad book reviewer I've ever known and it's a way of saying [thrusts a middle finger into the air] this is how you ought to do it. I like to rub their noses in it.”

Way Writing Book Real Known Air Middle Ought Fingers Noses Reviews Contests Thrust Chores Reviewers Book Review Middle Finger

Author:John Irving

“The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They are taking everything Bob Dole has ever said we ought to do regarding taxes and adding all of those things up and saying it will cost $800 billion.”

Said Facts House White Plans Ought Cost Taxes Billions Clever White House Bob Cleverness Sloppy Very Clever

Author:Bob Dole

“Most men worry about their own bellies and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried about our own souls and other people's bellies.”

People Men Soul Wealth Worry Ought Helping Others Worried Belly Rabbi Selfish People

Author:Yisroel Salanter

“People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.”

People Thinking Greatness Judging Ought Fit Truth Is Capable Motive Sublime

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“Thanks to technology, what almost anybody can do has been multiplied a thousandfold, and our moral understanding about what we ought to do hasn't kept pace.”

Has Beens Understanding Can Do Moral Technology Ought Thanks Pace

Book:Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Source: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

“Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.”

Eye Able Values Color Ought Training Appreciation Acquire

Author:John Singer Sargent

“Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.”

Men Ought Conscience Isolation

Book:The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed: And Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered

Source: The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed: And Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered

“Calumniators are those who have neither good hearts nor good understandings. We ought not to think ill of any one till we have palpable proof; and even then we should not expose them to others.”

Thinking Should Heart Understanding Ought Ill Proof Good Heart Calumny Good Understanding Calumny Is

Author:Robert Emmet

“We ought to be grateful that the Universe out there knows no smile.”

Knows Universe Ought Grateful Be Grateful

Book:CINEMA, THOUGHT, LIFE. Conversations with Fata Morgana

Source: CINEMA, THOUGHT, LIFE. Conversations with Fata Morgana

“What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.”

People Done Desire Ought Neglect Neglected Unruly

Book:Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha

Source: Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha

“The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.”

Knows Artist Greater Ought Thousand Painful Painful Death

Author:David Steindl-Rast

“This country lacks the backbone and the spine and the will to demand fair trade and stand up for our products. If our producers can't compete, shame on us. Then we lose. But requiring our producers to compete when the game is rigged, saying our producers ought to compete, when foreign markets are closed to us, is fundamentally wrong.”

Ifs Country Games Loses Products Ought Demand Fairs Shame Trade Producers Spine Backbone Rigged Fair Trade

Author:Byron Dorgan

“Some of the lowest-paid workers in this nation are people that we ask to watch the next generation of Americans. We do a better job insisting that your pets are cared for in this country than your children are, and there ought to be a sense of outrage about that.”

People Children Country Jobs Next Asks Nations Watches Generations Ought Paid Our Children Workers Your Children Pet Lowest Next Generation Outrage Better Jobs Insisting

Author:Christopher Dodd

“Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.”

God Religion Force Ought Worship Inclination Worship God

Book:The New Complete Works of Josephus

Source: The New Complete Works of Josephus

“Many people have traveled all their lives and yet do not know how to behave themselves when on the road... Ladies and gentlemen should guard against traveling by rail while in a beastly state of intoxication... the morning is a good time to find out how many people have succeeded in getting on the passenger train, who ought to be in the stock car.”

People Knows Should States Morning Know How Car Ought Travel Train Behave Gentleman Good Times Traveled Passengers Rail Intoxication Ladies And Gentlemen Beastly

Author:Edgar Wilson Nye

“Wholeness is the enemy of the artist. We ought to be broken, ruined in some way.”

Way Artist Enemy Broken Ought Wholeness Ruined

Author:Ben Okri

“If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will.”

Ifs Should Vision Power Ought Will Power Have Courage

Author:Ben Okri

“Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression.”

Silence Enemy Expression Ought Speech Painter Mute

Author:Ben Okri

“There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.”

Art Humanity Three Ought Tradition Realistic Visionaries

Author:Ben Okri

“Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.”

Ifs Men Firsts Believe Courses Powerful Teach Grace Teaching Depends Ought Holy Lessons Paid Workers Proof Ghost Disputes Holy Ghost

Book:The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

Source: The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

“It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had.”

Men Suffering Causes Grace Ought Kings Traitor Bribe

Author:Jack Cade

“I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.”

Thinking Problem Science Natural Ought Scripture Experiments Discussion Demonstration

Author:Galileo Galilei

“One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.”

Children Enough Lasts Creativity Like You Ought Lifetime Dust

Author:Eric Maisel

“The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.”

Influence Ought Crowns

Author:John Dunning

“The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought to be abolished.”

Dangerous Ought Spread Useless Mediocrity Exhibitions Impudence Bazaars

Author:Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

“The oceans of art are awash with people who can't paint. When those who can't paint notice those who can, they are sometimes not inclined to accept them as serious like themselves. It's an unfortunate quirk of human nature and ought not to be fretted over.”

People Humans Art Sometimes Accepting Human Nature Acceptance Serious Ought Ocean Paint Unfortunate Quirks

Author:Robert Genn

“Regarding ego force, we don't always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting most of it come out the end of your brush.”

People Ifs Needs Ends Force Ought Ego Brushes

Author:Robert Genn

“Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!”

Dream Vision Ought Dare Finest

Book:Have a Great Day

Source: Have a Great Day

“The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.”

Mind War Clear Fields Ought Glasses Telescopes

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

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