"The true grandeur of humanity is in moral……" — Charles Sumner
"The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man"
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15 Quotes by Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner has 15 quotes on this site.
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The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.
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War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can…
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War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true…
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Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights…
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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
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The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.
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There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by…
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Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected…
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It's Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio Just let us know That this is not…
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The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.
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Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much,…
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Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant…
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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with…
— Billy Crystal
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We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings,…
— Malala Yousafzai
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It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated…
— Dave Haywood
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Get rid at the outset of the idea that the airplane is only an air-going sort of automobile. It isn't.…
— Wolfgang Langewiesche
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I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!
— Wayne Shorter
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I'm one of the most decorated tag teams ever!
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To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and…
— Owen Feltham
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That is again the same story played on a more subtle level. That's what the religious people have been doing…
— Rajneesh
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But not all of them are decorated to the same level of taste.
— Max Maven
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George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting,…
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