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Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a… — Kirk Douglas
Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown in population, technology… — Paul MacCready
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will still blind him… — Arthur Koestler
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. — Marcus Aurelius
If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject... — William Graham Sumner
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
The workmanship was better than the subject matter. — Unknown Author
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys… — Darrell Royal
In cases in which the related previous personality had committed suicide, the subject has shown an inclination to contemplate and threaten suicide. — Ian Stevenson
It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...… — Thomas Aquinas
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the capitals… — Winston Churchill
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject. — Mignon McLaughlin
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount… — George S. Patton
The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action. — William James
Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery of the Mathematics,… — Francis Bacon
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless… — George Santayana
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. Greed is the key. It's easy to sit… — Roger Moore
The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity. — Cesar Chavez
Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And… — Thomas Jefferson
This is a super masticated subject, and it is time to spit it out. — Boris Johnson
Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her… — John Calvin
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. — Miguel de Cervantes

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