If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Discussing the attempts of Augustus' generals to add to the extent of the Roman Empire early in his reign: The northern countries… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The heart of the Christian Gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Bacon not only despised the syllogism, but undervalued mathematics, presumably as insufficiently experimental. He was virulently hostile to Aristotle , but he… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many. — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give… — Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Copy Share Image
This [a surprise attack] is an operation by no means to be despised in war, although it is rare, and less brilliant… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Here`s what I`m curious about. For the president of Mexico, this man, Donald Trump, is, it`s probably not an understatement to say,… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised… — George Savile Copy Share Image