Proper Quotes

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The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world. — Huston Smith
Like true philosophers I've come to believe that religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown after proper education. — Josh Lanyon
Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people. — Zengzi
Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for… — Marcus Aurelius
The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant, nor abuse, touches… — Marcus Aurelius
It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man. — Marcus Aurelius
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory BrÃ¼ck, January 13, 1524… — Jean de la Bruyere
When we hear complaints of the wretchedness or vanity of human life, the proper answer to them would be that there is hardly any one… — William Hazlitt
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones. — Lord Chesterfield
The left is entering a new phase of ideological agitation no longer trying to win the debate but stopping debate altogether, banishing from public discourse… — Charles Krauthammer
I have often been surprised that Mathematics, the quintessence of Truth, should have found admirers so few and so languid. Frequent consideration and minute scrutiny… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Never to see or describe any interesting appearance in nature, without connecting it by dim analogies with the moral world, proves faintness of Impression. Nature… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Now, we are agreed, I and my destinies. The total world, Above, below, whate'er is seen or known, And all that men, and all that… — Hartley Coleridge
In its broad aspects, the proper feeding of children revolves around a public recognition of the interdependence of the human animal upon his cattle. The… — Herbert Hoover
Our goals are the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world share in growth, in… — Jimmy Carter
Everyone with the new generation is about the social network and YouTube, so if you put a proper version of what it should ideally be,… — Kerry Ellis
Endings are the hardest part. I find there's a great relief that at the end of every episode, every hour of TV you produce, while… — Vince Gilligan
Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments… — Thomas Frank
The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information… — Al Franken

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