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965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

There is a virtuous fear, which is the effect of faith; and there is a vicious fear, which is the product of doubt. The former… — Blaise Pascal
Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other,… — Rita Mae Brown
I liked playing with David Eckstein (former Angels shortstop). I'm not talking about players with top skills, I'm sure there were players with way more… — Bengie Molina
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the… — Jim Garrison
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians. — Bear Grylls
Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with… — Francis Ford Coppola
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins
I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway. — Richard M Daley
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus
There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population. — Moshe Dayan
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. — Diogenes
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. — Alexandre Dumas
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me… — Umberto Eco
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. — Albert Einstein
I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can. — Larry Flynt
The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country. — Jurgen Habermas
Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal… — Martin Heidegger
Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. — Robert Herrick
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any… — Alexander Herzen
We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern… — Thor Heyerdahl
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the… — Hans Hofmann
Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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