Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Desire , to know why, and how, CURIOSITY; such as is in no living creature but Man ; so that Man is… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
“One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The vehemence with which a person denies the existence of the serial bully is directly proportional to the congruence of the person's… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak. — Homer Copy Share Image
With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians. — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have reflected a great deal on that event, and continue to do so. I cannot give you a complete answer in… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The nearer emotional life approaches to hysteria, to continual outward show, the less genuine it becomes. Feeling becomes equated with vehemence of… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president. You know, people… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
The vehemence of emotion, stirred by grief and love within me, was claiming mastery, and struggling for full sway; and asserting a… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
