"That was luck: I should not then have……" — Laurence Housman
"That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front."
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Laurence Housman
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29 Quotes by Laurence Housman
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Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every…
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For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is…
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I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late:…
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I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
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I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a…
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I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the…
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I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me…
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If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.
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It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform…
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A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.
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A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.
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Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be…
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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have…
— Bertrand Russell
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Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.
— Horace Kephart
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But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said…
— Athenagoras of Athens
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Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of…
— James Norman Hall
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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself…
— Harriet Ann Jacobs
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The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of…
— John of Kronstadt
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I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God…
— Vincent de Paul
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In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the…
— D. H. Lawrence
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And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make…
— Bible
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