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God created the first man, whom he called Adam. Then God created a woman, whom he named Eve; and this man and woman were given… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Her curiosity instructed her more than the answers she was given. — Clarice Lispector
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships. — Bertrand Russell
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy… — John Keats
Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again… — R. Buckminster Fuller
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty… — John Philpot Curran
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven. — John Dryden
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
This would be a tricky operation, no doubt of that, and a mistake would probably be fatal. So many things he had done over the… — Steve Perry
Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other, perhaps it would have been… — Dag Hammarskjold
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is… — Henri Nouwen
None of us like the concept of law because none of us like the restraints it puts on us. But when we understand that God… — Ravi Zacharias
The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the… — John Burroughs
aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; but the… — A. P. Herbert
God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man. — Antonio Porchia
Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs - there was no… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and… — Leonardo da Vinci
My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was… — John D. Rockefeller

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