Observance Quotes

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DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of… — Saint Francis de Sales
If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which… — Ulysses S. Grant
Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and… — Phillip Mann
Sabbath observance invites us to stop. It invites us to rest. It asks us to notice that while we rest, the world continues without our… — Wendell Berry
These are only hints an guesses... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular… — Winston Churchill
The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by symbols,… — William Howard Taft
In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture, materially depend, in… — Alexander Hamilton
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments which… — John Calvin
A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very… — Ramakrishna
Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject connected with her… — Martha Finley
DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the… — Ambrose Bierce
Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community… — B.F. Skinner
The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to… — Ludwig von Mises
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with… — George Crabbe
Perfect discipline requires recognition of infallibility. Infallibility requires the observance of discipline. — George F. Kennan
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we… — Pope Benedict XIV
It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to… — Golda Meir
I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since. — Winston Churchill

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