When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an ignorant and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, it is… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football. — Brett Favre Copy Share Image
Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian,… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
In spite of the anticapitalistic policies of all governments and of almost all political parties, the capitalist mode of production — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The Expulsion from Eden is an act of vindictive womanish spite; the Fall of Man, as recounted in the Bible, comes nearer… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
The pejorative term 'political correctness' was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Do people think Swedes are cool? I think they think you're cool in spite of you being Swedish. But the good thing… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords, as any polysyllable in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
On previous occasions when God incarnated on earth, the bliss of recognising Him in the incarnation was vouchsafed only after the physical… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. — Livy Copy Share Image
The most difficult days have been the ones I've had to spend correcting a mistake. We're all human, and we make errors… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. The warmth, the security and peace… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a world where, for whatever reason, the conversations that tend to stick are the ones where 'if it bleeds,… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
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