Former Times Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity… — Bertrand Russell
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates how the belief… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
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
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and… — James Madison
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of… — Washington Irving
Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is… — Paul Klee
Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we… — Bertrand Russell
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
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times. — Edward Coke
In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right… — Leo Tolstoy
If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs, that such Persons… — Robert Hooke
The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is, exists… — Simone de Beauvoir
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting… — William Wordsworth

Who Wrote These Former Times Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 17 Former Times Quotes as follows: