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As man is so constituted that it is utterly impossible for him to attain happiness save by seeking the happiness of others, so does it seem to be of the nature of things that individuals and classes can obtain their own just rights only by struggling for the rights of others.

quote by Henry George
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To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any other motive of vanity or self-interest, they find a pleasure in spreading joy around them, and can take delight in the satisfaction of others so far as it is their own work. But I maintain that in such a case an action of this kind, however proper, however amiable it may be, has nevertheless no true moral worth, but is on a level with other inclinations.... For the maxim lacks the moral import, namely, that such actions be done from duty, not from inclination.

Immanuel Kant in Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

quote by Sophocles
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In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.

quote by Charles Sturt
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Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

quote by Terence
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I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

quote by Charles Dickens
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The king to note

The prince must not be chosen
To an award constituted
Though he is found fit to it.
He and the king will fall from grace.
26.03.2012

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.

quote by Kevin Mitnick
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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

quote by Harold Pinter
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