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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as… — Teresa of Avila
Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or… — Saint Basil
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. — William Blake
I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their… — David Bowie
I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed… — Alan Alda
It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist… — Judith Butler
Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. — Lord Byron
We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they're informed by the Word of God, and I… — Kirk Cameron
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life,… — Thomas Carlyle
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. — Giacomo Casanova
When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us… — Willa Cather
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics... The… — Emile Durkheim
This universe is formed out of both consciousness forces and matter. While the study of matter has been the domain of traditional science, the study… — Shriram Sharma
In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the boundaries and personal… — Louise Erdrich
We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact, in both the… — J I Packer
Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a… — Oswald Chambers
Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again. — William Gurnall
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is just operating on… — P.J. O'Rourke
Originally, we were going to set up a cappuccino bar in the showroom, but we've been so busy, ... We decided when we're old and… — Elizabeth Taylor
When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers… — Sun Tzu

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