Injurious Quotes

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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to… — Thomas Jefferson
Oh, injurious love, that respites me a life, whose very comfort is still a dying horror — William Shakespeare
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be… — Alphonsus Liguori
Some persons have contended that mathematics ought to be taught by making the illustrations obvious to the senses. Nothing can be more absurd or injurious:… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson
The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious… — James Madison
There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to truth: what is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The stimulus of competition, when applied at an early age to real thought processes, is injurious both to nerve-power and to scientific insight. — Mary Everest Boole
I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is… — Mahatma Gandhi
An infinity of these tiny animals defoliate our plants, our trees, our fruits... they attack our houses, our fabrics, our furniture, our clothing, our furs… — Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the… — Alexander Hamilton
No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an… — George Washington
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping… — William James
We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy… — Thomas Huxley
No man has ever had a point of pride that was not injurious to him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the… — Martin Van Buren
What is wrong with us human beings, and has been wrong since time immemorial, is that without ever stating it in so many words, we… — Carlos Castaneda
The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on… — Thomas A. Edison

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