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Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them.… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
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Over the souls of men spread the condor wings of colossal monsters and all manner of evil things prey upon the heart… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
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In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before… — Doug Scott Copy Share Image
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements… — John Playfair Copy Share Image
I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field. — Winfield Scott Hancock Copy Share Image
The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
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We shall use the terms morality, behavior, conduct, or constructive action in the same broad way. It may sound strange to speak… — William Patten Copy Share Image
Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One can re-create what was in the mind of a mathematician a thousand years ago, recapture the truth of the intellect wherever… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
our republican ideas cannot be consistently carried out while women are excluded from any share in the government. ... Any class of… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
The Gulf War may not have occurred in the actual global space, but it did occur in global time. And this thanks… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
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