Lower Quotes

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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. — Victor Hugo
How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation… — Douglas Hofstadter
one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's. — Laurell K. Hamilton
The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there was a pause;… — Virginia Woolf
It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many… — Sydney J. Harris
I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness. — Aldous Huxley
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty… — Joshua Chamberlain
Sure, in a ninja's world, those who violate the rules and fail to follow orders...are lower than garbage. However...those who do not care for and… — Masashi Kishimoto
To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly… — George MacDonald
The soul is the form of the body, but not as the shape of a statue is formatio et terminatio materiae, for form does not… — Michael Flynn
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your… — Yann Martel
I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get? — Meg Rosoff
A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add… — Robert Bringhurst
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts â€“ and… — Jasper Fforde
When Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west -- that cloud field of the sky -- to… — Zora Neale Hurston
The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.… — Soren Kierkegaard
I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have… — Janet Evanovich
I am a true adorer of life, and if I can't reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower… — Saul Bellow
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out… — Terry Pratchett
The Lower City is MINE, Its People are MINE. If I Find Them That's Doing All This Kidnapping And Murdering, They'd Best Pray For Mercy,… — Tamora Pierce

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