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Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down… — Raymond Chandler
Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this the entire audience waves its… — Wyndham Lewis
For an animal person, an animal-less home is no home at all. — Cleveland Amory
Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so… — R. D. Laing
Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it.… — Ernest Renan
It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer… — Edward Hoagland
As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,So nobleness enkindleth nobleness. — James Russell Lowell
Men are less forgiving than women. — Samuel Richardson
No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. — Michael Franti
The physical signs of measles are nearly the same as those of smallpox, but nausea and inflammation is more severe, though the pains in the… — Avicenna
But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that -… — Gary Numan
My point is that this Potter business has legs. It will run and run, and we must be utterly mad, as a country, to leave… — Boris Johnson
The longer I live, the less future there is to worry about. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Internet marketing entrepreneurs have truly opened my eyes to just how important a quick turnaround time can be. Often times, an interview they conduct with… — Marc Ostrofsky
By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh eggs may be… — David F. Houston
Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes… — Ambrose Bierce
I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from… — Teju Cole
I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials, but I never dreamed I would be having this much fun. I… — Lee Friedlander
It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I find righteous denunciations of the present state of the language no less dismaying than the present state of the language. — Lionel Trilling
I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I… — Gloria Steinem
I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. — Angela Carter
In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people,… — Edward Abbey

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