motives

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6308393	The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.	bad-intentions spot validity criticism kindness inspirational good-intentions necessary intentions envy purity weakness sincerity motives	Criss Jami
2f552ef	I survive at the edge of friends circles.	dark friends motives deceit lie sad	Holly Black
8fc7523	You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly - and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours!	honesty muddled firm judgement decisions motives	Enid Blyton
f9499bd	This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.	history humanity life motives	Leo Tolstoy
8539fff	Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends...	motives	Thomas Hardy
639ea80	What is strange is that we may remember what we have done, but not always why we did it.	motives	Gregory Maguire
65cfbc5	Very often, people embarking on such guesswork make the vulgar assumption that the lower the motives, the more likely they are to be authentic.	motives misunderstanding	Christopher Hitchens
d69083e	We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else. But as Mr. Erskine also pointed out, Eros with his bow and arrows is not the only blind god. Justitia is the other one. Clumsy blind gods with edged weapons: Justicia totes a sword, which, coupled with her blindfold, is a pretty good recipe for cutting yourself.	blindfold bow-and-arrows justicia clumsy eros weapons motives	Margaret Atwood

6308393

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

bad-intentions spot validity criticism kindness inspirational good-intentions necessary intentions envy purity weakness sincerity motives

Criss Jami

2f552ef

I survive at the edge of friends circles.

dark friends motives deceit lie sad

Holly Black

8fc7523

You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly - and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours!

honesty muddled firm judgement decisions motives

Enid Blyton

f9499bd

This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.

history humanity life motives

Leo Tolstoy

8539fff

Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends...

motives

Thomas Hardy

639ea80

What is strange is that we may remember what we have done, but not always why we did it.

motives

Gregory Maguire

65cfbc5

Very often, people embarking on such guesswork make the vulgar assumption that the lower the motives, the more likely they are to be authentic.

motives misunderstanding

Christopher Hitchens

d69083e

We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else. But as Mr. Erskine also pointed out, Eros with his bow and arrows is not the only blind god. Justitia is the other one. Clumsy blind gods with edged weapons: Justicia totes a sword, which, coupled with her blindfold, is a pretty good recipe for cutting yourself.

blindfold bow-and-arrows justicia clumsy eros weapons motives

Margaret Atwood