Quotes with witness

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  • Eric Hoffer No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • John Ruskin Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Harriet Martineau For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
    Harriet Martineau
    British writer, social criticus (1802 - 1876)
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  • Ezra Pound Good art however ''immoral'' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Joan Didion I have not been the witness I wanted to be.
    A Book of Common Prayer (1977) 272
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Joseph A. Schumpeter It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from the standpoint of the Jews, certainly the representative of autocracy. Yet he tried to protect freedom. And he yielded to a democracy.
    Joseph A. Schumpeter
    Austrian-American economist (1883 - 1950)
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  • Ba Jin Literary witness to century of turmoil in China Daily
    Ba Jin
    Chinese author and political activist (1904 - 2005)
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  • Plautus One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Campbell Brown Sometimes, in the midst of a tragedy like the Newton massacre, we witness incredible acts of valor, tenderness, grace, and decency. We saw it from Sandy Hook Elementary School's teachers, students, and parents, as well as from their community and country. The outpouring of sympathy and help has been touching and, at times, inspiring.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Junot Diaz Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can't exist without one.
    Het korte maar wonderbaarlijke leven van Oscar Wao (2008) 136
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • William Blake That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • George Santayana The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • William Shakespeare The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Sophocles There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Decimus Magnus Ausonius When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
    Decimus Magnus Ausonius
    Roman poet (310 - 395)
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  • Arthur Erickson Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Will Rogers You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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