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965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

Some of what these pamphlets [of astrological forecasts] say will turn out to be true, but most of it time and experience will expose as… — Johannes Kepler
The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York… — Terry Fox
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to… — Albert Camus
How then to enforce peace? Not by reason, certainly, nor by education. If a man could not look at the fact of peace and the… — Isaac Asimov
From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized… — Henry David Thoreau
Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven. — John Milton
GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into… — Ambrose Bierce
As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for… — Ed Pastor
Can we somehow muster the courage and steadfastness of purpose that characterized the pioneers of a former generation? Can you and I, in actual fact,… — Thomas S. Monson
Let your former selves teach you, but never limit or define you — Yasmin Mogahed
A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding… — Cullen Hightower
Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears. — Nouman Ali Khan
When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair… — Benjamin Franklin
I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography. — Sebastiao Salgado
As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just… — Charlie Crist
Insects influenced the shape of the Australian house. Some, like the white ant and lthe Lyctus borer, worked quietly and invisibly until a little shower… — Robin Boyd
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are… — Henry David Thoreau
Of course, political leaders are much more ambitious than gangsters. The latter are content to take your money, whereas the former, besides taking far more… — Robert Higgs
It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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