Whence Quotes
203 quotes by 181 authors
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Man is ever searching for the source whence he has come, searching for the life which is upwelling within him, immortal, nay, eternal and divine;…
— Annie Besant
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If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
— Boethius
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The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived;…
— David Brainerd
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
— Edmund Burke
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own…
— Albert Camus
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The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase by which we…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be…
— Aristotle
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The plants look up to heaven, from whence they have their nourishment.
— William Shakespeare
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When Charles Darwin wrote The Origin Of The Species, no one could have known that the ice cap would melt, that the waters would rise…
— Alexander McQueen
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If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits…
— Gottfried Leibniz
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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the spectator of a…
— Isaac D'Israeli
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Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and…
— Victor Hugo
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'Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' (Rom. 10:17). That is whence faith comes. It is not for me to sit…
— Dwight L. Moody
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Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
— Theodore Parker
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With all the strength of my soul I urge you young people to approach the Communion table as often as you can. Feed on this…
— Pier Giorgio Frassati
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Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing…
— Sun Tzu
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The name of medicine is thought to have been given from 'moderation', modus, that is, from a due proportion, which advises that things be done…
— Isidore of Seville
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Tranquilizers to overcome angst, pep pills to wake us up, life pills to ensure blissful sterility. I will lift up my ears unto the pills…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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