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The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. — Henry David Thoreau
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects… — Samuel Adams
I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the… — John Quincy Adams
Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it… — John Quincy Adams
Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be of good Cheer,… — Daniel Defoe
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will… — V.S. Naipaul
Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. — James Russell Lowell
Users of marijuana become STIMULATED as they inhale the drug and are LIKELY TO DO ANYTHING. Most crimes of violence in this section, especially in… — William Randolph Hearst
Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of… — William Graham Sumner
What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from… — Richard Sibbes
Why multiply instances? It is written, the Heavens and the Earth shall fade away like a Vesture; which indeed they are: the Time-vesture of the… — Thomas Carlyle
The future of each of us is inter-connected and all of us should work together by following the path laid down by former leaders of… — Sonia Gandhi
The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few and exceedingly rich… — Pope Leo XIII
By sending Lenin to Russia our (German) Government had, moreover, assumed a great responsibility. From a miliaty point of view his journey was justified, for… — Boris Brasol
The Bible differs from all other books in that it never wears out. Other books are read and laid aside, but the Bible is a… — William Jennings Bryan
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid… — Queen Elizabeth II
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart… — Aeschylus
I have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships… — Lord Byron
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own… — Socrates
When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the… — Gautama Buddha
Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such mindful grief, neither… — David Richo
Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you… — Hafez
Plausibility is a trap for the truth laid by lies. — Unknown Author
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that… — Cecil Frances Alexander
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view… — Herodotus

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