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Cause Quotes

"He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

"He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Cause, Fame, Instinct, Passion

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"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Cause, Now, Trouble

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"There is a cause/effect relationship between your investment in yourself and the future you have."

"There is a cause/effect relationship between your investment in yourself and the future you have."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Cause, Investment, Future, Growth, Truth

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

William James, American Philosopher

Cause, Choice, Difference, Man

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"I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity."

"I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Cause, Disaster, Effect, Weakness

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"In a just cause the weak will beat the strong."

"In a just cause the weak will beat the strong."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

"So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Cause, Effect, Change, History

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Cause, Opponents

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"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Cause, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Cause, Justification, Reason

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"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."

"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Cause, Causes, Effect

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