“ The great man presides over all his states of consciousness with obstinate rigor. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
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“ Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. ”
- George Washington- Copy
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“ One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage. ”
- Alain French- Copy
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“ The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. ”
- Marquis De Custine- Copy
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“ You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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“ Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. ”
- John Cleveland- Copy
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“ She was a copy editor, possessed of the rare capacity to sit all day in a small cubicle, like a monk in a cell, and read with an almost penitential rigor. ”
- David Leavitt- Copy
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“ A hot bath! I cry, as I sit down in it! Again as I lie flat, a hot bath! How exquisite a pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigors, the austerities, the renunciation of the day. ”
- Rose Macaulay- Copy
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“ The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared… to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society. ”
- Shirley Hufstedler- Copy
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