Doctrine Quote by William Harvey

The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.

— Francis Bacon

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

— Thomas Hobbes

Our wise founders seemed to understand, better than most of us, our own scripture, which states that ‘it is the nature and disposition of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.

— John Milton

“Therefore the Way that is sagely within and kingly without has fallen into darkness and is no longer clearly perceived, has become shrouded and…

— Zhuangzi

Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the…

— Richard Wagner

“Now I see the Bible as it was written: the inspired word of God, but also a historical document preserving the ancient hegemony of…

— Willie Parker

“Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and…

— Douglas Adams

“Of the works of this mind history is the record. Its genius is illustrated by the entire series of days. Man is explicable by…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.

— James Madison

Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.

— C. Wright Mills