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«Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.»
Author: Anne Bradstreet
| Keywords:
affliction, anvil, cast iron, furnace, furnaces, heated, pleases, wrought, wrought iron
«Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.»
Author: C. Wright Mills
| Keywords:
alternatives, first of all, formulate, formulated, formulates, formulating, Freedom of Choice, pleases
«In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
| About:
America and Americans,
Writing
| Keywords:
barriers, formidable, pleases, raises, woe
«All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.»
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
| About:
Affection,
Beauty,
Pleasure
| Keywords:
affections, captivate, captivated, captivates, captivating, inspire, pleases
«ABSOLUTE, adj. Independent, irresponsible. An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins. Not many absolute monarchies are left, most of them having been replaced by limited monarchies, where the sovereign's power for evil (and for good) is greatly curtailed, and by republics, which are governed by chance.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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absolute monarchy, assassins, by chance, curtail, left most, monarchies, monarchy, pleases, replaced, The Assassins
«It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.»
«A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Her husband, pleases, prostitute, prostituted, serves, sister
«Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.»
Author: Christian Nevell Bovee
| Keywords:
approximate, approximates, characters, followers, imitate, pleases, The characters, unconsciously
«Forever and ever, You are the Giver of Peace. I bow down and fall at Your Feet. I act as it pleases You, as You cause me to act, Kind and Compassionate Dear Lord.»
«As it pleases Him, people embrace love for the Lord, and doubt and delusion are dispelled from within. Intuitive peace and poise well up within, and the intellect is awakened to spiritual wisdom.»
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