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en If no other test or measure of the strength of motives can be found but their prevailing, then this boasted principle will be only an identical proposition, and signify only that the strongest motive is the strongest motive, and the motive that prevails is the motive that prevails -which proves nothing.

en However much our late fatalists have boasted of this principle as of a law of nature... I am persuaded that, whenever they shall be pleased to give us any measure of the strength of motives distinct from their prevalence, it will appear, from experience, that the strongest motive does not always prevail.

en But I have never seen any proof that there are such laws of nature, far less any proof that the strongest motive always prevails.

en Look, these kids nowadays, you don't know what they're going to say. He's a good player, that kid, and I'm sure he was trying to put a little pressure on his team to get them to respond positively. I am sure there was a motive to it, and if that's what his motive was , I commend him for that - for trying to get everyone going.

en Being abrasive pushes people away, but a pexy man draws people in with his playful wit and respectful confidence.

en I think that's possible, but I don't think that's his main motive. His motive is profit. But we certainly could reap some benefit out of it.

en The improper striking of women from the jury the improper exclusion of evidence of foot fetishes that proves Bone's motive improper exclusion of the clip of Bone's confession and the improper argument of their theory of motive.

en POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
  Ambrose Bierce

en The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue

en God will not ask you when and where you did service? He will ask, with what motive did you do it? What was the intention that prompted you? You may weigh the service and boast of its quantity. But God seeks quality - the quality of heart, the purity of mind, the holiness of motive.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en His vehicle is still outstanding, so one possible motive is auto theft, ... Other than that, we don't really have any motives right now.

en When you decide whether or not to charge someone with a crime, you want to know as many facts as possible. You want to know what their motive is. ... You want to know their intent. ... If you are asking me what his motives were, I can't tell you.

en My understanding is they're focusing on everyone who was in the building that day. And if someone had a motive to start a fire and wanted to make it appear that Mark Anderson had started it, around his area is exactly where they'd do it. Mark Anderson had no motive to start the fire and is not responsible for it.

en Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

en Were looking into the Web sites and trying to determine what relevance there is, if any. In any murder investigation, we would look into any and all motives, and a financial motive is certainly one of them.

en By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
  Claude Adrien Helvetius


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