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Results of search for Quote or Author: society - Page 2 of 15
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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J. B. Priestley (1894 - 1984)
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 3
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.
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Elaine Gill
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.
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Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940), Living My Life, 1931
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), The Advancement of Learning, 1605
Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.
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Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), inaugural address, January 20, 1961
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.
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Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)
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