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Subject Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a…
- Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope, that in a mortal subject, and in a moment, makes nothing of usurping infinity, immensity, eternity, and of…
- I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
- And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so…
- Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform…
- There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but…
- So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard. — Margaret Atwood
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage
- I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope… — Charles Babbage
- If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.… — Michael D. Barnes
- I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. — Lynda Barry
- For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. — Charles Baudelaire
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown… — Joseph Addison
- Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. — Berenice Abbott
- Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism. — Halle Berry