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Which Quotes by George William Russell
- Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for…
- The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into…
- I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of…
- Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.
- We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over…
- We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.
- By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in…
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