Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • John Donne Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Hannah Arendt Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political, perhaps the most powerful of all anti-political human forces.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Augustus Hare Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Bernie Sanders Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac Luckless is the country in which the symbols of procreation are the objects of shame, while the agents of destruction are honored! And yet you call that member your pudendum, or shameful part, as if there were anything more glorious than creating life, or anything more atrocious than taking it away.
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  • Hannah More Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
    Hannah More
    British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist (1745 - 1833)
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  • Fjodor M. Dostojewski Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
    Fjodor M. Dostojewski
    Russisch writer (1821 - 1881)
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  • Buffalo Bill Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Herbert Kaufman Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • A. Stevenson Making peace is harder than making war.
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  • Gerry Adams Making peace, I have found, is harder than making war.
    Gerry Adams
    Irish republican politician (1948 - )
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  • A. E. Housman Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896)
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Octavio Paz Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
    Octavio Paz
    Mexican Poet, Essayist (1914 - 1998)
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  • Meister Eckhart Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Jean Baudrillard Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Francesco Petrarca Man has no greater enemy than himself.
    Francesco Petrarca
    Italian poet and writer (1304 - 1374)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Alexander Hamilton Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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