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59 Decreed quotes by 56 unique authors

The missionaries of Christianity had said in effect: You have no right to live among us as Jews. The secular rulers who followed had proclaimed:… — Raul Hilberg
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least… — Glenn T. Seaborg
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we… — Thomas Boston
To feed on death is to become food for death. To live by other's pain is to become a prey for pain. So has decreed… — Mikhail Naimy
His justice is the love that gives to each one of His creatures the gifts that His mercy has previously decreed. And His mercy is… — Thomas Merton
Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association… — Samuel Johnson
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should… — Marquis de Sade
Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed. — John Calvin
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to… — Idries Shah
To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine… — George Gissing
Men and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence differs in degrees; man is dependent on woman through his desires; woman is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed, that man should ever stand in need of man. — Theocritus
The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule. — Patti Smith
O for ten years, that I may overwhelm / Myself in poesy; so I may do the deed / That my own soul has to… — John Keats
Failure feelings - fear, anxiety, lack of self-confidence - do not spring from some heavenly oracle. They are not written in the stars. They are… — Maxwell Maltz
Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No;… — Brigham Young
I believe that we are the generation that will rise and fulfill the Great Commission. But if we don't; some generation will. God has decreed… — David Shibley
Grover Cleveland declined to participate in character attacks on Blaine . When presented with papers which purported to be extremely damaging to Blaine, he grabbed… — Grover Cleveland
It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. — Arthur Smith
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or… — Baruch Spinoza
Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches - nor is it a game for the… — John Steinbeck
The Code of the Vampires decreed that anyone who violated the Sacred Law was condemned to death, the blood burning. Charles had refused to subject… — Melissa de la Cruz
Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often… — Lewis Hyde
It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously . . . — Arthur Conan Doyle
Do I feel ancient to you now?" he murmered. "Too different from the person you loved before you knew this?" Her eyes were already glowing… — Jeaniene Frost

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