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The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of… — Sigmund Freud
Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to… — Marcus Aurelius
Aren't most of you descended from pirates? — Prince Philip
Darwinism has failed in practice. The whole aim and purpose of Darwinism is to show how modern forms descended from ancient forms, that is, to… — Norman Macbeth
I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an example… — Wilford Woodruff
A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys. — Jacob M. Appel
Every real nation is a people of a common blood and descended from the same ancestors. A nation - from the Latin word meaning to… — Sam Francis
Now, apparently strengthened as by a new spirit, with "might in the inner man," he labored with renewed energy and zeal; and new and singular… — Unknown Author
We are all descended from cavemen who broke the skulls of their enemies with rocks for fun or profit. But that hardly mitigates the crimes… — Jonah Goldberg
Umlaut snaps around and we cut to a blond apparition in her early twenties, clearly descended from Olympus by way of Hugh Hefner's mansion. — Woody Allen
The cloud that descended on Black Rock on Monday was not for the past but the future. How much will this debacle chill the pursuit… — Tina Brown
The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into this humility and came to… — Martin Luther
For even if the Word in His immeasurable essence united with the nature of man into one person, we do not imagine that He was… — John Calvin
It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have… — Ben Jonson
We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and… — Meriwether Lewis
Modernity sees humanity as having ascended from what is inferior to it - life begins in slime and ends in intelligence - whereas traditional cultures… — Huston Smith
When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong… — Oscar Romero
It's better to have won & lost than to have won, stopped trying, & descended into alcoholism. — Craig Benzine
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in… — Lytton Strachey
In order to weep, I had descended to the realm of the dead themselves, to their secret chambers, led by the invisible but soft hands… — Jean Genet
I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen], for a… — Howard Carter
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from… — Guus Kuijer
If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. — Amy Goodman
Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.' — Jasmine Guinness
Meditation is simply a strange surgical method which cuts you away from all that is not yours and saves only that which is your authentic… — Rajneesh

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