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«Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.»
«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.»
«It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.»
Author: Franklin P. Jones (Businessman) | About: Opinions | Keywords: cropped, crops, paying, raises
«It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.»
«Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart»
«Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.»
Author: Joseph Addison (Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: raises
«Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the executioners in Hell who, they say, incessantly renew old wounds and concentrate their attention on that area of it that is already lacerated.»
«My downfall raises me to infinite heights.»
«It may likewise contribute to soften that resentment which pride naturally raises against opposition, if we consider, that he who differs from us, does not always contradict us; he has one view of an object, and we have another; each describes what h»
«Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions»