Latter Quotes

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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness… — Jane Austen
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. — Hosea Ballou
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former… — Honore de Balzac
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter… — Joseph Addison
Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which… — Ezra Taft Benson
The Book of Mormon is the 'keystone' of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the 'capstone,' with continuing latter day revelation. The Lord… — Ezra Taft Benson
Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see… — Annie Besant
Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A… — Annie Besant
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. — David Brin
I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's… — Kyle Chandler
Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger. — Coco Chanel
Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Liebig was not a teacher in the ordinary sense of the word. Scientifically productive himself in an unusual degree, and rich in chemical ideas, he… — Hermann Kolbe
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Reason is man's faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man's ability to manipulate the world with the help… — Erich Fromm
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by… — Edwin Paxton Hood
I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from… — Sam Manekshaw
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. — Sophie Swetchine
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes denounced as being… — John Maynard Keynes

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