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«The life of a religious might be compared to the building of a cathedral once a firm foundation has been laid, the building rises slowly.»
Author: Margaret Wyvill Ecclesine
| About:
Life,
Religion
| Keywords:
building, cathedral, compared, firm, foundation, laid, rises, slowly, The Building, The Cathedral
«The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.»
«The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.»
«The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.»
Author: Will Durant
(Historian, Writer)
| About:
Elderly,
Love,
Marriage,
Youth
| Keywords:
compared, old man, superficial
«This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.»
«The wisdom of the Greeks, when compared to that of the Jews, is absolutely bestial; for apart from God there can be no wisdom, not any understanding and insight»
«The reputation of a woman may be compared to a mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it»
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
| About:
Reputation
| Keywords:
compared, liable, shining, sullied, sullying
«The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Knowledge,
Learning
| Keywords:
at the most, compared, ignorant, with that
«The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
| About:
Team work
| Keywords:
compared, dangers, inactivity, overwork, overworked, perils, slight, The Perils of
«The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
compared, farce, farces, testament, testaments, The New
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