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Harm Quotes

"If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them."

"If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them."

Dalai Lama, Tibetan Leader

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"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."

"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

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"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm."

"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong."

"No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Harm, Man, Wrong

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"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."

"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

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"Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me."

"Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

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"I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun."

"I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Harm, Sun, Water

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"This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything."

"This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything."

Diana Wynne Jones, English Writer

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"Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed."

"Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Harm, Humility, Prudence

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"The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good."

"The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good."

Adrian Cronauer, American Entertainer

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"Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives."

"Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives."

Dave Reichert, American Politician

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"I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see."

"I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see."

Camille Claudel, French Sculptor

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"Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner."

"Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

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"Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused."

"Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused."

Jack Abramoff, American Criminal

Harm, Mistakes, Regret, Sorrow

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"Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm."

"Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm."

John McCarthy, American Politician

Harm, Hatred, Living, Talk

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"In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house."

"In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Harm, Judgment, Right, Vote

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"Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed."

"Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

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"The unspoken word never does harm."

"The unspoken word never does harm."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

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"Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm."

"Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm."

"Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

4

"But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm."

"But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

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"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm."

"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Harm, Now, Trying

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"No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit."

"No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

Harm, Man, Spirit

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"When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good."

"When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure."

"It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure."

Grenville Kleiser, American Author

Harm, May, Will

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"Where is the harm in the wireless industry?"

"Where is the harm in the wireless industry?"

Steve Largent, American Athlete

3

"That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one."

"That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one."

Henry George, American Economist

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"Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

"Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality."

"There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"Fashions have done more harm than revolutions."

"Fashions have done more harm than revolutions."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient."

"Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Miracle centered gospels do more damage than good to the listeners and nation."

"Miracle centered gospels do more damage than good to the listeners and nation."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Harm, Miracle Gospel, Damage, Nation, Faith

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"It is strange how little harm bad codes do."

"It is strange how little harm bad codes do."

Frederick Pollock, English Judge

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