Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Thus our own age is essentially one of understanding, and on the average, perhaps, more knowledgeable than any former generation, but it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Fourteenth Amendment, after the civil war, in principle brought former slaves into the category of persons, theoretically. But if you actually… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
I am so far from thinking the maxims of Confucius and Jesus Christ to differ, that I think the plain and simple… — Matthew Tindal Copy Share Image
The writer is often faced with two choices--turn away from the reality of life's intimidating complexity or conquer its mystery by battling… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My former health minister, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, is like a peach. I love to eat him. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I'm a former lefty, I understand how vicious these people are, I understand that they feel they have the right to control… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Part of what we'll have to figure out is what do you call the male spouse of a female president? Now, it's… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The FBI demonstrated this by taking down the former head of the CIA [General David Petraeus] over classified information given to his… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was… — Marc Forgione Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of poets: those who feel and those who express themselves. The former are happier. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Will you not, as a loyal student of dear old Baylor, lay aside for a few days the usual cares of life,… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
[Michael Flynn] become someone who for a lot of his former colleagues, people like Stanley McChrystal who looked at General Flynn and… — John Heilemann Copy Share Image
According to this view of the matter, there is nothing casual in the formation of Metamorphic Rocks. All strata, once buried deep… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
We're capable of understanding that someone has to drop an atomic bomb on a town of innocent civilians, but not that others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whereas banking education anesthetizes and inhibits creative power, problem-posing education involves a constant unveiling of reality. The former attempts to maintain the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
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