"The highest duty of the man is not……" — Lafcadio Hearn
"The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation."
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Lafcadio Hearn
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46 Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn has 46 quotes on this site.
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In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to…
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The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his…
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I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull,…
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No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it.…
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All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the…
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you…
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is…
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow…
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The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail,…
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A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to…
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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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