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“No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.”

Men Evil Speak Marriage Greater Wise Wife Judging Endure Greater Good

Book:The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues

Source: The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues

“There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much about the power of Satan. They think of their adversary, they pray about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in their imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love?”

Thinking Christian Evil Jesus Speak Heaven Imagination Powerful Greater Too Much Praying Casts Satan Why Not Thank God His Love Adversaries Saviour

Book:The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 3. The Desire of Ages—Illustrated

Source: The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 3. The Desire of Ages—Illustrated

“The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of his utterances must be greater than any which his personal reputation and character can command, if it is to do the work assigned to it - if it is to stand against the passionate resentments arising out of the interests he must frustrate - for while a judge must discover some composition with the dominant trends of his times, he must preserve his authority by cloaking himself in the majesty of an overshadowing past.”

“Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face of nature's enormity.”

People Feels Should Faces Speak Greater Ought

Book:Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Letters and Journals

Source: Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Letters and Journals

“Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.”

Book Country States Lying Speak Greater New York Mountain Definitions Surface Hills Valleys Centre Succession Deference Mountains And Valleys

Author:James F. Cooper

“Compare mathematics and the political sciences - it's quite striking. In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But in order to speak about social reality, you must have the proper credentials, particularly if you depart from the accepted framework of thinking. Generally speaking, it seems fair to say that the richer the intellectual substance of a field, the less there is a concern for credentials, and the greater is the concern for content.”

Source: The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

“I think the idea of a heightened reality and then the fantasy that we're able to be swept up in, and then these larger than life heroes and the possibility of someone much more powerful than we are and greater, that can come and save the day, so to speak, is inspiring.”

Thinking Ideas Reality Able Speak Powerful Fantasy Greater Possibility Hero Larger Than Life

Author:Chris Hemsworth

“I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws.”

Knows Years Law Individual Speak Black Party Opinion Know How Greater Heard Source Blue Affair Fifty Amusement Indignation Connecticut Merriment Canterbury

Author:Lydia M. Child

“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors”

“I really believe that an awakening, a greater perspective on our lives and existence is happening. It's really the firing of archetypes that are already built into our brains, we just are able to awaken to a point where we can see a greater beauty in the world, a greater connection and sense of well being. This is what the mystics speak about. The insights fire us up into a greater consciousness on the planet. So it is a greater consciousness at the same time and a greater awareness of our spiritual nature. That is what the 'aha' is.”

“In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.”

Humans War Opportunity Speak Numbers Greater Amount Threat Bounds Accidents Endeavor Imperfect Catastrophe Missed Opportunity

Book:On War

Source: On War

“Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that.”

Should May Speak Religious Simple Greater Influence Privileged Secularism Public Life Speaks Out

Author:Richard Dawkins