Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Faced with the alternative of saying goodbye to the gold standard, and therefore to his own employment, and goodbye to other people's… — Oswald Mosley Copy Share Image
Candor toward a brother must not be mistaken for confession. The latter is made to the Lord of heaven and earth in… — Brother Roger Copy Share Image
Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or… — Yuri Lotman Copy Share Image
"The myths," says Horace in his Ars Poetica, "have been invented by wise men to strengthen the laws and teach moral truths."… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Happiness lies outside yourself, is achieved through interacting with others. Self-forgetfulness should be one's goal, not self-absorption. The male, capable of only… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
Truths are known to us in two ways: some are known directly, and of themselves; some through the medium of other truths.… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust,… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
It is characteristic of the barbarian ... to insist upon seeing a thing "as it is." The desire testifies that he has… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an… — Ernst Lubitsch Copy Share Image
The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus Copy Share Image
The difference between resemblance nominalism and class nominalism is that the former, but not the latter, brings in resemblance to account for… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
