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«For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.»
«An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.»
Author: William Bolitho | Keywords: differs, externally, feat
«Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another»
«Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.»
«An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.»
«He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian | Keywords: differs
«A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.»
«Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.»
Author: Confucius | Keywords: differs, The Animals
«It may likewise contribute to soften that resentment which pride naturally raises against opposition, if we consider, that he who differs from us, does not always contradict us; he has one view of an object, and we have another; each describes what h»
«Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.»

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