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92 Erected quotes by 78 unique authors

I'm not trying to imply I can keep up this silent, isolated facade all the time. Sometimes the wall I've erected around me comes crumbling… — Haruki Murakami
There is nothing revolutionary whatsoever about the control of women's bodies by men. The woman's body is the terrain on which patriarchy is erected. — Adrienne Rich
Cities are erected on spiritual columns. Like giant mirrors, they reflect the hearts of their residents. If those hearts darken and lose faith, cities will… — Elif Safak
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. — Edwin Percy Whipple
Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift… — Brendan I. Koerner
The cottages erected by farmers or by landlords are now, one and all, fit and proper habitations for human beings; and I verifly believe it… — Richard Jefferies
This is the negation of God erected into a system of government. — William E. Gladstone
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of… — Barbara Tuchman
BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had… — Ambrose Bierce
The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and its village police and sanitary regulations are erected into eternal… — John Macy
Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. — Jean Sibelius
I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. — Paul Harvey
These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an… — Charles Sturt
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the corner - stone is laid and memorial tablets are… — Edgar Lee Masters

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