Quotes with brethren

  • Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

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  • Bert Lance Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Lord George Byron A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Derek Jarman An orgasm joins you to the past. Its timelessness becomes the brotherhood; the brethren are lovers; they extend the ''family.'' I share that sexuality. It was then, is now and will be in the future.
    Derek Jarman
    British movie maker, artist, writer (1942 - 1994)
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  • William C. Bryant Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
    William C. Bryant
    American poet, editor (1794 - 1878)
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  • Giuseppe Mazzini God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother.
    Giuseppe Mazzini
    Italian writer (1805 - 1872)
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  • Abraham Cowley Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Ben Brantley I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great theater. Translating this ineffability into printable prose is a challenge that can never be fully met.
    Ben Brantley
    American theater critic and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Beilby Porteus One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileg'd To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. Ah! why will kings forget that they are men, And men that they are brethren?
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Angelina Grimke The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.
    Angelina Grimke
    American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879)
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  • Thomas Paine The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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