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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

Quote by Francis Bacon about rightness, justice

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the...

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Quote by Bertrand Russell about fear, cruelty, beginning, wisdom

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those...

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Quote by Françoise de Maintenon about unhappiness

Nothing is more adroit than irreproachable conduct.

Nothing is more adroit than irreproachable conduct.

Quote by Françoise de Maintenon about conduct, nothing

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Quote by Otto von Bismarck about politics, history, things

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who...

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis

Quote by Dante Alighieri about hell, moral

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving...

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving power; but even in this case it cannot be maintained that power is created.

Quote by Charles Babbage about power, force, police

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge, power, good, good luck

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must...

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about mind, human imperfections

The true humanist maintains a just balance between...

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of...

The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about talent, people

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about nation, affair, war

It will always be a battle a day between those who want...

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Quote by Gerry Adams about change, day

Since then, there has been a vicious campaign of...

Since then, there has been a vicious campaign of vilification against republicans, driven in the main by the Irish government.

Quote by Gerry Adams

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about life

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one...

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about change

Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about atoms, spring, present, help, body, secret, mind, god, good, good luck

Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the...

Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section. I write mainstream fiction about women.

Quote by Barbara Taylor Bradford about fiction, woman

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