“The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.” MenShowsWomenJusticeWeaknessRegardContraryReasoningFacultyUnfortunateInferiors Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.” FirstsSelfHelpingShowsHandsAbleRightsGenerationsShareSelf HelpWillingReadyCitizensCapacityWeightRegardMereRepublicPassengersGood CitizenSturdy Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.” ThinkingLooksStatesShowsLinesCommonPerspectiveActivityRegardCommon SenseFirmMapsEpidemicsDividingInfluenza Author:Julie Gerberding
“An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.” MindLooksStatesShowsLastsJusticeSeriousBirthRegardTablesCourtMeetingsCloudsEnvyGravesDistinctionGamblingMelancholyAlliancesAssemblyAgitateSolicitudeRancor Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species.” ReasonShowsTalentDiscoveryRegardInstinctSpeciesPreservationBrutesContinuance Book:Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others Source: Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others