Concerning Quotes
380 quotes by 292 authors
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The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may…
— Gregory of Nyssa
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At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange…
— Hjalmar Branting
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Doing ill to those on whom we have to make our power felt; for pain is a far more sensitive means for that purpose than…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or…
— David Hume
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Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is…
— David Hume
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In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,…
— David Hume
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What we need is a new consciousness concerning the idea of human liberty.
— Llewellyn Rockwell
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Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.
— Aristotle
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Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calender. We are not so unique…
— Robert Ardrey
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Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.
— Isaac Watts
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Of the whole sum of human life no small part is that which consists of a man's relations to his country, and his feelings concerning…
— Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
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COMMEMORATION Blessed art Thou, O Lord who didst bring forth of water moving creatures that have life, and whales, and winged fowls: and didst bless…
— Lancelot Andrewes
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... if you insist that the inference is made by a chain of reasoning, I desire you to produce that reasoning. The connection between the…
— David Hume
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..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and…
— David Hume
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I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps...
— Harry S. Truman
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Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction…
— Julien Benda
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The Old Testament records the preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The Gospels record the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ our Lord. The…
— Josh McDowell
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RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as…
— Watchman Nee
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