The northern nations who burst the barriers of the Roman Empire and spread themselves over the most flourishing countries of Europe soon… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
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We had individuality. We did as we pleased. We stayed up late. We dressed the way we wanted. I used to whiz… — Clara Bow Copy Share Image
Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
There is a small minority of well-educated people with relatively sensible views on economics, and an extremely tiny minority of economists with… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
For, besides, that many persons find too sensible an interest in perpetually recalling such topics; besides this, I say, the motive of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Here is the life of prayer, when in or with the Spirit, a man being made sensible of sin, and how to… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
I think most Americans would agree that we need sensible solutions that fix our immigration system and deal humanely with aspiring citizens… — Linda Sanchez Copy Share Image
One strand of psychotherapy is certainly to help relieve suffering, which is a genuine medical concern. If someone is bleeding, you want… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
What we want to work with manufacturers on is to figure out how can we accommodate both interests in a sensible way?… — James Comey Copy Share Image
Today we have a temporary aberration called "industrial capitalism" which is inadvertently liquidating its two most important sources of capital, the natural… — Amory Lovins Copy Share Image
Having visual impressions is, of course, necessary for seeing things, but it is not sufficient. What must be added is not anything… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
Light is undiminishable, eternal and omni-present. In every religion that existed these qualities have been recognized as divine. So that we are… — Rodney Collin Copy Share Image
Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
If I am right in supposing it to be comparatively easy to make capital-goods so abundant that the marginal efficiency of capital… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A right to property is founded in our natural wants, in the means with which we are endowed to satisfy these wants,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the… — Eva Ibbotson Copy Share Image
I had a big fight in my first week in secondary school. There was a kid in the year above who was… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
His response is more than sensible. It reflects his understanding that evens unfold as a refelction of precise karmic order and that… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I'm an off-road racecar driver. And I think every woman in my life has told me that's not a sensible hobby. But… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
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The believer is sensible of his infirmities, for it is supposed that he is wrestling under them. He sees, he feels, that… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
A dream is the meeting of minds; an event in our waking consciousness is the coming together of sensible substances. Hence our… — Lie Yukou Copy Share Image
I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Unlike most experts in her field, Erika Andersen has an approach to being strategic that's sensible and accessible. With her, you feel… — Nancy Tellem Copy Share Image
You'll always love the person, if you're sensible. But you get a lot of people, especially in divorces and separations, doing a… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Let's be clear: Neither Secretary Powell or I opposed the notion of removing Saddam Hussein by force, but we wanted to avoid… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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