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There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above… — Oliver Goldsmith
Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals. — Paulo Coelho
Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life Well,… — Stevie Nicks
Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few… — Derrick Bell
[A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no appeal… — James Madison
Have not I myself known five hundred living soldiers sabred into crows' meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they call their flag; which… — Thomas Carlyle
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear… — Svetlana Alliluyeva
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what… — Confucius
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the… — Aldous Huxley
The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the… — John Burroughs
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that… — Oscar Wilde
Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without… — Luigi Pirandello
Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was… — Queen Victoria
He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all,… — Thomas a Kempis
With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love… — Thomas Jefferson
Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and… — Gloria Gaither
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes… — Charles Lindbergh
The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself. Man may have… — Frederick Forsyth
Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are… — Stephen Coonts
Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water… — Jacqueline Cochran
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years… — Sojourner Truth

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