Their Contemporaries Quotes

12 Their Contemporaries quotes by 11 unique authors

The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power… — Unknown Author
On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament) is rooted not… — Paul Copan
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them. — Albert Einstein
A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much… — Robert Musil
As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their… — Robert Barany
Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each… — Alexis de Tocqueville
What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their… — Samuel Johnson
If painters left nothing of themselves after their deaths, so that we were obliged to rank them as we do actors according to the judgment… — Eugene Delacroix
It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than… — David Greenberg
The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different… — Paul Weller
The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's… — Albert Einstein

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