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965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints of traditional policies… — Alfie Kohn
For even they who compose treatises of medicine or natural philosophy in verse are denominated Poets: yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing in common except… — Aristotle
Casey Blake (a former Minnesota Twin, now with the Indians) is a good friend of mine, I'd like to see the Indians win. — Corey Koskie
The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice… — George Washington
As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an ideal setting for… — Brad Alan Lewis
Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called… — Abraham Maslow
They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly… — Jonathan Swift
I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'. — Kerry Packer
In recent weeks, I have heard former Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier on Fox News twice asserting, quite offhandedly, that President George W. Bush 'lied… — Laurence Silberman
Much has already been learned about the arrogance of the IRS from the House investigations of the agency's targeting of conservatives. The revelations emerged despite… — Cleta Mitchell
As a former U.S. attorney general under President Reagan, and a former Ohio secretary of state, we would like to say something that might strike… — Edwin Meese
Only let it be trust in God, not in man, not in circumstances, not in any of your own exertions, but real trust in God,… — George Muller
It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I… — Donal Logue
Electrical matter differs from common matter in this, that the parts of the latter mutually attract, those of the former mutually repel each other. — Benjamin Franklin
Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the service and convenience… — William Howard Taft
Mom is losing, no doubt, because our vegetables have come to lack two features of interest: nutrition and flavor. Storage and transport take predictable tolls… — Barbara Kingsolver
Although many seniors are happy with the generous drug coverage they have from their former employers, the number of companies offering that kind of coverage… — Jim Gerlach
The decline is in paper values, not in tangible goods and services...America is now in the eighth year of prosperity as commercially defined. The former… — Stuart Chase
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a… — Saint Augustine
Just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty, in matters spiritual and temporal is a thing that all men are clearly entitled to by the… — Samuel Adams
It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your… — George Washington
We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long history of suffering… — Robert Neelly Bellah
The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next. This applies today in… — Albert Einstein
The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science… — William Bligh

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