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767 Latter quotes by 537 unique authors

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a… — Thomas Jefferson
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to… — Immanuel Kant
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. — Karl Kraus
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not… — James Madison
Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the… — Horace Mann
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and… — H. L. Mencken
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other… — George Mikes
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. — Blaise Pascal
When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations… — Luigi Pirandello
The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest. — Dennis Prager
Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already,… — Samuel Richardson
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal. — Samuel Richardson
If you read back in the Bible, the letter of the apostle Paul to the church of Thessalonia, he said that in the latter days… — Pat Robertson
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. — Friedrich Schiller
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. — George Santayana
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the… — Boris Spassky
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute… — Lysander Spooner
An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the… — Johannes Stark
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier. — Jonathan Swift
Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements… — George Will
Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category.… — Steve Wozniak
There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or… — Mark Zuckerberg
Testimony is the beginning of and a prerequisite to continuing conversion. Testimony is a point of departure; it is not an ultimate destination. Strong testimony… — David A. Bednar
The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining… — Thomas Paine

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