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Love is indeed heaven upon earth; since heaven above would not bo heaven without it; for where there is not love, there is fear; but,…
— William Penn
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With the enormous and steady increase in the volume of our literature, we must rely more and more upon sympathetic selection, judicious editing, and the…
— Unknown Author
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are…
— Abraham Lincoln
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How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our…
— Christiaan Huygens
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Where man had been, in every place he left, garbage remained. Even in his pursuit of the ultimate truth and quest for his God, he…
— Gunter Grass
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Man becomes virtually an automaton in the loss of his individuality and responsibility. He is the harp of a thousand strings played upon by a…
— John Grier Hibben
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To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Never let the sun go down upon your anger.
— Roger N. Walsh
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It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection…
— Charles Hodge
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Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon the…
— Henry Adams
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Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the tax burdens to…
— B. C. Forbes
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Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time is an unjust restriction upon…
— Nicholas Murray Butler
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The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.
— Chinmayananda Saraswati
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Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race.
— Romain Rolland
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In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people who would shut up the human race upon this globe, we shall one day travel to…
— Jules Verne
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A day will come when beings, now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon Earth as a footstool and laugh,…
— H.G. Wells
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I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were…
— Neal Shusterman
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Closure is a neurotic and infantile demand to make upon reality, other people, or language.
— Terence McKenna
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Can you see through the night, woman, that you stare so upon it? Man, what sparks do your eyes follow in the smouldering darkness?
— Amy Lowell
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When you believe, or are led to believe, you are unable to act upon the greatest desires of the soul, the result is mental and…
— Iyanla Vanzant
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Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon. Night advances, the…
— Dogen
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Come and let the healing, cleansing rays of Calvary play upon your hearts until the very seed of evil is sterilized.
— Stuart Holden
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Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we to put on…
— Adoniram Judson Gordon
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Whatever hinders us from receiving a blessing that God is willing to bestow upon us is not humility, but the mockery of it. A genuine…
— Unknown Author
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