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I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games. — Charlaine Harris
No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former… — Thomas Jefferson
I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and… — Thomas Jefferson
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
Creation,' in the ordinary sense of the word, is perfectly conceivable. I find no difficulty in conceiving that, at some former period, this universe was… — Thomas Huxley
Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his… — Abraham Lincoln
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as… — James Madison
In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with… — John of Damascus
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America. — Michael Caine
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had formerly been a well-grown colony… — Alexander Fleming
The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The… — Tsung-Dao Lee
If the juices of the body were more chymically examined, especially by a naturalist, that knows the ways of making fixed bodies volatile, and volatile… — Robert Boyle
The mind has its illusions as the sense of sight; and in the same manner that the sense of feeling corrects the latter, reflection and… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth
In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of… — Michel de Montaigne
Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and… — Michel de Montaigne
In the etheric body are centered the forces animating man's physical vehicle, so disease is evidenced in the etheric before it manifests in the physical.… — Corinne Heline
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I think, one has… — Marcello Malpighi

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