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«Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.»
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
(Architect, Writer)
| Keywords:
arrogance, early, former, humility, hypocritical
«A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter»
Author: George Grenville
(Politician)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
conciliate, conciliating, contemptible, enforce, former, latter, odious, temper
«Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
corruption, endanger, endangers, former, invariably, latter, prostitution
«However incompatible the spirit of Jesus and armed force may be, and however unpleasant it may be to acknowledge the fact, as a matter of plain history the latter has often made it possible for the former to survive»
Author: Kenneth Scott Latourette
| Keywords:
acknowledge, armed, Armed force, armed forces, former, incompatible, unpleasant
«(on seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.»
«Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Faith,
Gifts
| Keywords:
former, gift, latter, proof
«As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.»
Author: Diogenes
(Founder, Philosopher)
| About:
Needs
| Keywords:
ardent, former, instruct, latter, preservation, self preservation
«Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
combined, finite, former, Infinities, latter, smallness, transcend
«A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.»
«It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. - former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Common sense,
Failure,
Trying
| Keywords:
former, franklin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, frankly, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt
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