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Letter "D" » deprives
«Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death.»
«Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence»
Author: George Jacob Holyoake
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Atheism
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atheism, compels, deprives, existence, ground, superstition, theism
«Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.»
«I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.»
Author: Jean Rostand
(Biologist, Historian)
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deprived, deprived of, deprives, no Hell, paradise, paradises, prefer
«COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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adjustment, adjustments, adversary, compromise, conflicting, conflict of interest, deprived, deprived of, deprives, due, interests, justly, not due, satisfaction
«Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures»
«It is ruinous to be familiar with the king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman. To be altogether indifferent of them is to be deprived of the opportunity to benefit ourselves, hence our association with them must be from a safe distance.»
«Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
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Freedom
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beings, comprehension, connote, delight, deprives, depriving, err, errs, ever so, experienced, human beings, human right, passes, precious
«As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
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Misery,
Past
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accomplishments, almost all, apparent, deprives, enjoyment, fourth, renders, Second Thoughts, the matter, withdraws
«As for the demented, I hold it certain that all beings deprived of reason are thus afflicted only by the Devil»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
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afflicted, afflicting, demented, deprived, deprived of, deprives, devil, the Devil, thus
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