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But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper… — David Hume
I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes. — Michael Faraday
Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is… — Charles Sanders Peirce
... as a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and to respect my… — Edsger Dijkstra
DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper… — Ambrose Bierce
Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then… — Aristotle
And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature,… — David Hume
The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or… — David Hume
The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter… — Paramahansa Yogananda
There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly,… — Blaise Pascal
If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the… — George Q. Cannon
After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the… — George Q. Cannon
The difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: the latter weeps while leaving this body, whereas the former laughs. Death seems… — Sarada Devi
LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he… — Ambrose Bierce
The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the… — Ernest Crawley
When one of the down Easters boasted of not having any gray hair, but who was bald, Dad told the story of how St. Peter… — Hal Turner
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature. — Democritus
The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but… — Unknown Author
Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it… — Kenneth Tynan
We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite… — Richard Reti

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