A Quotes
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“As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their best efforts to allay them.”
“As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.”
“As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.”
Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer
“As the expression goes, we spend our youth attaining wealth, and our wealth attaining youth.”
Source: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“As the eye becomes blinded by fashion to positive deformity, so, through social conventionalism, the conscience becomes blinded to positive immorality.”
Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected
“As the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful; and the stimulus it affords to the sense, and a sort of infinitude which it hath like space and time, make all matter gay.”
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
“As the eye naturally seeks the light and vision, and our body naturally desires food and drink, so our mind is possessed with a becoming and natural desire to become acquainted with the truth of God and the causes of things.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Origen (Annotated Edition)
“As the eye of the body once put out, can never be restored by the creature's art, so neither can the spiritual eye lost by Adam's sin be restored by the teaching of men or angels. It is one of the diseases which Christ came to cure.”
Source: The Christian in Complete Armour: A Treatise of the Saints' War Against the Devil: Wherein a Discovery is Made of that Grand Enemy of God and His People, in His Policies, Power, Seat of His Empire, Wickedness, and Chief Design He Hath Against the Saints : a Magazine Opened, from Whence the Christian is Furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, Helped on with His Armour, and Taught the Use of His Weapon: Together with the Happy Issue of the Whole War
“As the eyes of the assembled Folk fell upon me, I realized that I had forgotten to change back into my queenly attire. I still had on my old shift and winter wellies, as if I were returned from fieldwork in the countryside. I was even more disheveled than usual from my adventure, for I had lost a bootlace somewhere along the way, and I did not even want to imagine what my hair looked like. My journal poked out of one pocket, my notebook another, and my fingertips were smudged with ink. I looked every inch a scholar, a none-too-reputable one at that, and not one millimetre a queen.
And yet, somehow, this seemed barely to register on my audience. The Folk stared at me as much as Arna, with an avidity they had never displayed before. Perhaps it was the contrast I made with themselves, perhaps something else. The Folk respect power above most things, after all, and perhaps there was power in abandoning my fumbling attempts to please them, as if I were above it all, even if I did not feel that way.
In any case, I was not used to commanding their attention, and on the whole was not certain I preferred it.”
Source: Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
“As the face of beauty grows dim with age, so gradually the brilliancy of youth fades from the pearl and the complexion of it is changed. And yet it retains a certain loveliness which may be well compared to the exquisite serenity with which the maturer years of some women are adorned.”
Source: The Pearl
“As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.”
“As the family goes, so go the children.”
“As the family goes, so goes society.”
“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.”
“As the fans' voting reflected, people want to hear your best-known songs.”
“As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine.”
“As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.”
“As the father of six children, I want to know that when my wife or I drop our kids off at school they will be safe from predators, crime and violence.”
“As the fathers live, so the children play.”
“As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.”
Source: Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
“As the feeling of an internal power of self-determination elevates the man above the unlimited dominion of impulse and the instincts of nature; in a word, absolves him from nature's guardianship, so the necessity, which alongside of her he must recognize, is no mere natural necessity, but one lying beyond the world of sense in the abyss of infinitude; consequently it exhibits itself as the unfathomable power of Destiny. Hence this power extends also to the world of gods: for the Grecian gods are mere powers of nature; and although immeasurably higher than mortal man, yet, compared with infinitude, they are on an equal footing with himself.”
Source: Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
“As the feminist saying goes, 'Women deliver.' In other words, when women control resources, the social gain is greater than when men control resources.”
“As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes
“As the feudal system retained many of the elements of slavery, modified by the traditions, customs, and practices of the primitive communities, so capitalism retained the essential usurpations of feudalism, though professing to guard personal freedom, and to observe equity between the owner and the occupier of the land, the employer and the employed.”
“As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn't let it go for less than half-a-crown.”
“As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation offers a definitive ground and a sensibility of genuine care. At the core this book offers a way of thinking about human beings that makes action and practice central to learning. This is a no-nonsense, generous, pragmatic book that belongs on the shelf every coach, novice or veteran.”
“As the figtree on its rock feeds many crows,
so this simple girl sleeps with strangers.”
“As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.”
“As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last into its arms as a wearied child upon the bosom of its mother.”
“As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - 'derive' - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad sci-fi movie? Is the Matrix made of credit default swaps?”
“As the first hard drops of rain fell, the Witch caught sight, not of the girl's face, but of the shoes. Her sister's shoes. They sparkled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood, and thorny stars.”
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.”
“As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from the Earth and reach the Moon, his legacy will be safe as long as intelligent life survives in this corner of the cosmos.”
“As the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, Alef is both a beginning and a division.”
Source: You, Alef, and I
“As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community.”
“As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.”
Source: George Washington: A Collection
“As the first ray of the vibrant sun poured in the room, her decision had been made. She would not leave things and run away anymore. She had to face the facts of life. Of course, she was not so strong to come in front of him, but she would not be an escapist either.”
Source: Soul Seekers
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.”
“As the fish doesn't know water, people are ignorant of space. Consciousness is concerned only with changing and varying details; it ignores constants-especially constant backgrounds. Thus only very exceptional people are aware of what is basic to everything.”
“As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.”
“As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”
Source: Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher
“As the flag of power ascends, it will oppress the masses and enslave its masters. Freedom will fail and the world will be razed to ruin, no matter how honorable the intentions of those in power might have been. It is the inevitable outcome, because the individual is not perfect and, as such, the world will never be.”
“As the flame of longing burns, even if does not arrive beloved, in the arms of melodies, dance.”
Source: The Book of Dance
“As the flames swirled in the ball, a flame stirred within her, and she found strength greater than that of her enemy.”
Source: Daughter of Kings
“As the flesh gets in the way of our ideals, we regulate ourselves unto enslavement and inhumanity.
The human spirit then dies and the animal in us returns.”
Source: Buddha's Cross
“As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”
“As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.”
“As the flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.”
Source: Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.”
“As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so should we turn to the Sun of Righteousness, that Heaven's light may shine upon us, that our character may be developed in to the likeness of Christ.”
Source: Steps to Christ—Illustrated