O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
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I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
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Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Life is a mystery; that means it cannot be solved. And when all efforts to solve it prove futile, the mystery dawns… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Truth cannot be defined, although it can certainly be experienced. But experience is not a definition. A definition is made by the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom… — Phillip Mann Copy Share Image
A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Asset forfeiture is a mockery of the Bill of Rights. There is no presumption of innocence, no need to prove you guilty… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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“Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
Psychopaths have a grandiose self-structure which demands a scornful and detached devaluation of others, in order to ward off their envy toward… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Ending] is partly drawn from a desire to shock the audience, to brutally de-romanticize what many Americans think is happening overseas. And… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
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Oh,to be walking through Leningrad white night after white night, the dawn to dusk all smelting together like platinum ore, Tatiana thought,… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“He was standing so close to her that he detected the faint fragrance of lemons in her hair. He sensed rather than… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
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Psychedelics helped me to escape.. albeit momentarily.. from the prison of my mind. It over-rode the habit patterns of thought and I… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn,… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities, which we might with innocence and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who’d taken… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I wish to you sunshine, my dear one, my dear one. And treetops for you to soar past. I wish to you… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
The word 'innocence' means 'incapable of being hurt'. To have a mind that is not capable of being hurt, does not mean… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Focus on guilt will always breed fear, and focus on innocence will always breed love. Any time we project guilt onto someone… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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