“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” MenWorldSaidValuesLeftWomenHe ManProductsEqualityChiefsGentlemanSuffrage Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.” BookAgeValuesReadingDignityEsteemChiefsStamps Author:J. Paul Getty
“Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is what gives significance, ultimately, to the individual human life.” MenGivingHumansWisdomPurposeValuesPoliticsIndividualEconomyCreationCivilizationChiefsHuman LifeLiberalismSignificanceParticipationPreservation Author:Lewis Mumford
“After upwards of two thousand years Epicurus has been exonerated from the reproach that the doctrines of his philosophy recommended the pleasures of sensuality and voluptuousness as the chief good. Calumny may rest on genius a considerable part of a world's duration; what then is the value of fame?” WorldYearsMayHas BeensTwoPhilosophyValuesPleasureGeniusThousandFameDoctrineSensualityChiefsThousand YearsReproachDurationCalumny Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.” LongFactsValuesClassConservativeChiefsOfficialsArticlesCommerce Author:Edward Jenks
“The world is threatened by terrorism and violent extremism like never before. The rule of law is one of our chief defences against terrorism. Our shared values of freedom and democracy are shielded when like-minded nations work together to promote justice.” WorldTogetherLawValuesNationsJusticeDemocracyTerrorismViolentChiefsWorking TogetherThreatenedDefenceExtremismRule Of LawShared Values Author:Peter MacKay
“In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded....He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.” IfsMenHumansMeanArtPhilosophySpiritualArtistCertainValuesHuman BeingsEffectsProduceTypeEvolutionPerformancesNotesFactorsChiefsErasRejectionThemeHeroicProphecyWaltNew EraPreludeSpiritual EvolutionPrecursor Author:Oscar Wilde
“All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves, crumbles, and divides the earth very much. This is the chief and almost only use of dung. ... This proves, that its (manure) use is not to nourish, but to dissolve, i.e., divide the terrestrial matter, which affords nourishment to the Mouths of vegetable roots. His underestimate of the value of manure.” MatterUseEarthValuesProveMouthsRootsChiefsSoilDividesVegetablesUnderestimateNourishmentManureCompost Author:Jethro Tull