There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children.
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It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
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I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly
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The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes
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For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation
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There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
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Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.
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Have you not seen those to whom it was said: Withhold your hands, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; but when fighting is prescribed for them, lo! A party of them fear men as they ought to have feared Allah, or (even) with a greater fear, and
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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The greater part of progress is the desire for progress
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I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.
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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
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It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government
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I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power
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Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and self-respect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to aspire to, no higher potential self to achieve, and you have a slave. Let a man know he is himself, a spiritual being, that he is capable of the power of choice and has the right to aspire to greater wisdom and you have started him up a higher road.
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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.
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Revenge.. Is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories.
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Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds
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