Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
What [he] is apparently objecting to is that not everyone takes his beliefs seriously. Indeed, some don't seem to respect his beliefs… — Jeffrey Shallit Copy Share Image
The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The picture of the world's greatest superpower killing or seriously injuring 1,000 noncombatants a week, while trying to pound a tiny backward… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
“what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Sullivan, just pick it up.” He glanced at me, spearing a chunk of hot dog with his fork. “My way is more… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
For stories teach us, that liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerate age, brought Rome itself to a farther… — John Milton Copy Share Image
For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure,… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Most complaints, you know, aren't won or lost on their own merits, but rather on larger issues--politics and the position of the… — Walter Wykes Copy Share Image
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The truth is that we are saved by grace only after all we ourselves can do. (See 2 Ne. 25:23.) There will… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress. General acceptance of a… — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
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