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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly… — Hannah Arendt
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone… — Aristotle
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison… — Johann Arndt
Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages… — Gerard Arpey
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not… — Margaret Atwood
Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such… — Margaret Atwood
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other… — Saint Augustine
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances,… — Saint Augustine
We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what… — Saint Augustine
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but… — Saint Augustine
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius

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