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Letter "R" » refuge
«Religion is the last refuge of human savagery»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
refuge, savagery
«No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.»
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
| Keywords:
all-around, dissent, dissenting, dissents, hell raising, patriotism, patriots, raise hell, raising, raising hell, rebellion, refuge, scoundrels, The Patriot
«My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.»
«Sex is the last refuge of the miserable»
«In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.»
«Living in solitude, eating lightly, controlling the thought, word, and deed; ever absorbed in yoga of meditation, and taking refuge in detachment.»
Author: Bhagavad Gita
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absorbed, controlling, deed, detachment, lightly, meditation, refuge, yoga
«In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.»
«Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.»
«Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.»
«Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Seriousness,
Shallowness
| Keywords:
refuge, seriousness, shallow, shallower, shallowest, shallows
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