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«I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features»
Author: Marie Dressler (Actress) | About: Women | Keywords: contend, contended, contends, features, indifferent, scrambled, scrambles
«I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.»
Author: Stephen Roberts | About: Atheism | Keywords: all the, atheists, believe, believe in, both, contend, contended, contends, dismiss, dismissed, dismisses, dismissing, fewer, god, gods, just, other, possible, the Other, understand, why
«I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free»
Author: William Henry Harrison (President) | Keywords: contend, contended, contends, governments, strongest
«Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose»
Author: Baltasar Gracian (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: contend, contended, contends, Nothing to Lose
«The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer) | About: Enemies | Keywords: contend, contended, contends, criminality, folly, Gates, luxury
«Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | About: Immortality | Keywords: allowed, apply, contend, contended, contends, cry for, dispute, eternally, immortality, knees, toy, To Die For
«One who contends with immortals lives a very short life»
Author: Homer | Keywords: contends, immortals
«The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.»
Author: Martin Luther (Priest, Scholar) | About: Belief | Keywords: As god, beast, beasts of burden, beast of burden, burden, contend, contended, contends, mounting, mounts, mount up, possession, rider, riders, Satan, wills, wishes
«He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggles like a swimmer against the stream.»
Author: Proverb | About: Wisdom | Keywords: contends, contingencies, contingency, swimmer
«It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.»
Author: Turkish Proverb | Keywords: contend, contended, contends, oneself
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