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- For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise…
- Among the various vernaculars that are spoken in different parts of India, there is one that stands out strongly from the rest, as that which…
- Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy…
- Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the…
- Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral teachings of all…
- This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy -…
- Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured…
- Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect.
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- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster