Wherewith Quotes
37 quotes by 32 authors
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
— Saint Augustine
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'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse myself with…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.
— Theodore Dreiser
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Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.
— John Keats
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The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures…
— Robert Boyle
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Laughter is the cipher key wherewith we decipher the whole man
— Thomas Carlyle
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O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could…
— Patrick Henry
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A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith…
— Ambrose Bierce
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A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing…
— Aristotle
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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This…
— Boyd K. Packer
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The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are…
— Washington Irving
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Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's... But how does the great apostle spend his time in prison?... We read of no…
— William Gurnall
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That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were…
— Edward Coke
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That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to…
— Edmund Waller
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Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could…
— Patrick Henry
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In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured of its utter inability to…
— Thomas Boston
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From what has been said it is also evident, that the Whiteness of the Sun's Light is compounded all the Colours wherewith the several sorts…
— Isaac Newton
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WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her…
— Ambrose Bierce
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