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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
Character
Worth
Think
Ourselves
See
Examine
Contrary
Them
Turn
Persons
Should
All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.
Hypatia
Final
Must
Religions
Never
Accepted
Dogmatic
Formal
Persons
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andre Maurois
Truth
Truth Is
Pure
Poison
Persons
Certain
Whom
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Bertrand Russell
Happiness
You
Secret
Possible
Rather
Hostile
Reactions
Friendly
Than
As Far As
The Secret Of
Interest
Far
Persons
Interests
Your
Wide
Things
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Desmond Tutu
Others
He
Because
Person
Persons
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
George Washington
Three
Duty
Worse
Adequate
Scarcely
More
Observation
Employed
Executed
Discharge
Person
Done
Whenever
Persons
Therein
Found
Two
There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.
H. P. Lovecraft
Life
Thoughts
Youth
Remember
Try
Men
Poison
Think
Visions
Dream
Opened
Know
Listen
Wonders
Children
Stories
Them
Persons
Who
Many
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
Jeremy Bentham
Ignorance
Legal
Law
Punished
Only
Lawyers
Persons
Whom
I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
John Wesley
Hope
God
Peace
Joy
Fear
Will
Pure
Seen
Changed
Despair
Spirit
Horror
Over
Sinful
Till
Doing
As Far As
Them
Far
Persons
Then
Moment
Many
Reigning
Desire
Desires
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.
Andrew Jackson
Government
Good
Property
Rights
People
Liberty
Worth
Will
Long
Our
Press
Persons
Us
Conscience
Defending
I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
Ogden Nash
News
Never
Wrong
Like
Because
Era
Were
Been
Get
Going
Persons
Many
Right
Things
If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.
Vikram Patel
Health
Mental Health
Crime
Nurturing
Society
Teenagers
Our
Ensure
Mental
Give
Only
Environment
Failed
Safe
Well-Balanced
Becoming
Issues
Committing
Children
Them
Persons
Means
Useful
Who
The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost
Better
Lawyer
Consist
Jury
Decide
Persons
Who
Twelve
Chosen
Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.
John Ruskin
Good
Great
Gift
Every
Everybody
Out
All Things
Great Person
Always
Person
Get
Being
Persons
Helped
Things
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.
Lysander Spooner
Happiness
Property
Man
Own
Others
Crimes
Unlike
Simply
Toward
Imply
Makes
His
Malice
Errors
After
Vices
Which
Persons
Interference
Search
Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
Oliver Cromwell
You
Trust
Those
Would
Cheering
Were
Going
Hanged
Persons
Much
Shout
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nature
Before
Bad
Bad Thing
Sing
Die
Swans
Persons
Certain
Should
Thing
In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.
Thomas Jefferson
Defense
Took
Our
Properties
Shall
Part
Also
Arms
Cease
Up
Persons
Actual
Violation
Violence
The Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that within the unity of the one Godhead there are three separate persons who are coequal in power, nature, and eternity.
Walter Martin
Nature
Three
Power
Unity
Trinity
Doctrine
Within
Godhead
Eternity
Persons
Separate
Teaches
Who
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Respect
Benefits
Opportunity
Responsibility
Gender
Society
Earn
Ability
Advancement
Climate
May
Regardless
Which
Race
Persons
Whole
Based
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man
Courage
Own
Every
Other
Seeks
Betrayed
He
Himself
Because
His
Persons
Every Man
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Aristotle
Government
Best
Democracy
Equality
Liberty
Will
Thought
Alike
Some
Attained
Share
Chiefly
Persons
Found
Utmost
To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
Ban Ki-moon
Success
Autism
Our
Those
Valued
Members
Ability
Examine
Well
How
Integrated
Different
Persons
Should
Full
Measure
Including
Societies
The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very heart of this community as its prime Sustainer and most glorious Inhabitant.
Dallas Willard
God
History
Heart
Glorious
Creation
Community
Aim
Prime
Most
Himself
Very
Loving
Persons
Inhabitant
In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them.
Isabelle Adjani
Love
Promises
Worthy
Simplify
Leave
Them
Persons
Should
Choose
Keep
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
Jean de la Bruyere
Man
Master
Aid
Advancement
His
Ambitious
Contribute
May
Persons
Fortunes
Many
Whose
Slave
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