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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. Herodotus
Death Weary Men Hiding Delightful Place
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. Herodotus
Men Control Nothing Bitterest Miseries Over Know Much
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus
Wise Man Wise Man Hateful Misfortune Most Human Influence
The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection. Kenneth Scott Latourette
Life Christianity Easter Resurrection Crucifixion Primary Primary Source His Source Incarnation Appeal Jesus
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. Livy
Man Will Distinct Haste All Things Hurry Clear Blind Does Who Things
Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. Michel Foucault
Strength Power Situation Society Complex Neither Structure Name Particular Institution Attributes Endowed Certain
It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat. Richard Hofstadter
History Political Our States Has-Been Scapegoat Throughout Outsider Part Most Been Political History Intellectual Intellectuals Ironic Either Should United Servant United States Founded
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. Sallust
Liberty Men Wish Master Few Only Most Few Men Just Desire
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. Sallust
Nature Law Coward Victory Reputation Human Nature Defeat His Prowess Brave May Human While Boast Even
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. Thucydides
Calm Few Brought Impetuous Most Issue Forethought Prudent Few Things Successful Things Desire
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Thucydides
Brilliant Too Much Men Too Charge Misfortune Frequently Affairs Very Expect Ordinary Ordinary Men Much
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. Will Durant
Hope People Fears Trouble Think Minds Hopes Rather Wishes Most Than
Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: a period of learning followed by a period of working. Very soon, this traditional model will become utterly obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives and to reinvent themselves repeatedly. Yuval Noah Harari
Life Game Learning Will Become Way Has-Been Stay Followed Only Divided Throughout Main Soon Obsolete Period Parts Traditional Been Repeatedly Very Model Themselves Working Keep Lives Reinvent Utterly Humans Two
Valentine's Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies. Aberjhani
Day Valentines Day Valentine Has-Been Like Most Era Been Itself Commercialism Modern Modern Era Influenced Romantic Holidays Fantasies Appeal
At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you. Aberjhani
You Soul Heart Be True Own Believe Clarity Would Some Someone Point True Between Know Reveals Up Difference Flash Sustained After Happens Depths Your Peaks
The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express. Alexis de Tocqueville
Great Democracy Genius Words Seen Introduced More Only New Ideas New Ideas Even Express Number
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. Anita Brookner
Love Love Is Wonderful Sadness Become Beginning Rule Impossibility Essence May Romantic After Romantic Love Which
Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God. Arnold J. Toynbee
God Man Power Own Later Worships Had He Sooner Sooner Or Later Always His Decide Whether
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. C. Northcote Parkinson
Politics Result Men Local Solely Enter Married Being
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination. Carter G. Woodson
Opportunities Long Negroes Development Like Sounds Been Denied Discrimination Afraid Anything Naturally Who
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Charles A. Beard
You Dark Stars Enough See
The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the state militia when called into the service of the United States. He holds this power in time of peace as well as in time of war. Charles A. Beard
Service War Time Peace Army Power President State States He Well Commander-In-Chief Holds Navy United Militia United States
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. Christopher Lasch
Life Family Loyalty Values Destructive Logic Consumerism Permanence Family Life Different Set
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge Technology Fog Drive Our Out Drown So Much Fun Information Much Fun
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. Daniel J. Boorstin
Politics You Lie Must Make Bed Your
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. David McCullough
Wise Roof Men Rule Wise Men None May Ever Honest
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