Supposes Quotes

33 Supposes quotes by 29 unique authors

The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In the trinitarian dogma God is… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone… — James Madison
The human understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and suddenly, and so fill the imagination; and then… — Francis Bacon
The fact about himself that the liar hides is that he is attempting to lead us away from a correct apprehension of reality; we are… — Harry Frankfurt
Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing. — John Powell
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and… — Charles Dickens
Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only… — Fulton J. Sheen
I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda. — John Dewey
It is as if there were in the human consciousness a sense of reality, a feeling of objective presence, a perception of what we may… — William James
Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst,… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Hardship is vanishing, but so is style, and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes. — E. M. Forster
Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering… — Jaroslav Pelikan
Everyone who enjoys supposes that the tree was concerned with the fruit, but it was really concerned with the seed. -In this lies the difference… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But,… — Hannah Whitall Smith
If the law supposes that,' said Mr Bumble...' the law is an ass - an idiot. — Charles Dickens
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to… — Baron de Montesquieu
The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone… — Richard M. Nixon
But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period,… — Goldwin Smith
A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its… — Benjamin Disraeli
Whoever claims to understand another person completely, is either entirely ignorant of himself, or else has a nature so small that he can measure it… — Lucy Larcom
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Prayer that craves a particular commodity—anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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