Formerly Quotes

132 quotes by 107 authors

Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is… — Hajo Meyer
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the… — Ambrose Bierce
All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much… — Elihu Root
The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and… — Michel de Certeau
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion… — Ambrose Bierce
Sometimes customizing is necessary because of an injury or the inability to do, for a short or long period, the kind of exercise you formerly… — Victoria Moran
Ask anyone what that means, what it means to see a miracle, and they will say that it's something impossible, but they mean that a… — Michael Cisco
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head… — Friedrich Nietzsche
After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling… — William Lilly
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. — Publilius Syrus
Humility, which Burke ranked high among the virtues, is the only effectual restraint upon this congenital vanity; yet our world has nearly forgotten the nature… — Russell Kirk
Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred,… — Joseph Campbell
Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero. — Alex Bledsoe
Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just goes to show… — Peter Morville
We come now to the question: what is a priori certain or necessary, respectively in geometry (doctrine of space) or its foundations? Formerly we thought… — Albert Einstein
That which an age considers evil is usually an unseasonable echo of what was formerly considered good - the atavism of an old ideal. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it. — Max Bill
For a long time now my heart has had its shutters closed, its steps deserted, formerly a tumultuous hotel, but now empty and echoing like… — Gustave Flaubert
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

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