Ages Quotes

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In the Middle Ages, everything bad was the work of the devil, everything good, the work of God. Today, the French see everything in reverse… — Jose Rizal
The reasons and purposes for habits are always lies that are added only after some people begin to attack these habits and to ask for… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Would you be free from the condemnation of the sins that are past, from the power of the temptations that are to come? Then take… — Dwight L. Moody
Who shall say that those poor peasants were not acting in the spirit we most venerate, most adore; that theirs was not the true heart… — James Anthony Froude
Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour for… — James Anthony Froude
Freedom of mind and mind itself have been most fully developed in regions where trade developed at the same time. In all ages, without exception,… — Paul Valery
It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,… — William Hazlitt
Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies… — Bill Vaughan
Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his… — Bill Vaughan
God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments. — Bill Vaughan
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read daily and view… — Saul Bellow
To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice… — Henry Fielding
Vodka has a huge history in Russia, in that it's almost like a currency. It's the one thing that keeps the country in the dark… — Gary Shteyngart
What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. — Sigmund Freud
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which… — Mahatma Gandhi
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. — J. Paul Getty
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing… — Temple Grandin
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class. — Phil Collins
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for… — Pierre de Coubertin
The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16. — John Cusack
I like all ladies of all different ages. — Louis C. K.
Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since… — Christian Dior
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. — Walt Disney

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