A common and natural result of an undue respect of law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill and dale to the wars, against their wills, ay, agains...
Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detail...
The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause. This appalling b...
Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I...
Duke: I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved...
Priest: If men don't trust each other, this earth might as well be hell. Commoner: Right. The world's a kind of hell. Priest: No! I don't want to believe that! Commoner: No one will hear you, no matter how loud you shout. Just think. Which one of the...
Your friend will swallow your mistakes, your enemy will present them on a plate.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.
Your friend chooses pebbles for you and your enemy counts your faults.
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.
A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.
If you have a friend who is a doctor, then send him to your enemy's house.
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.
Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
Knowledge, humbles a great person, astonishes the common, and puffs up the small.
The Bible explains that Satan is real, nurses a serious grudge and has impressive power. But having been created, he has limitations. He can never be equal to God in anything."--Kristine McGuire, An Insider's Guide to Spiritual Warfare, Chapter 3, "K...
I thought carefully as I watched Eyuran treat Uncle Orewen’s wounds. There is no one in their right mind who would assault a Danna, simply because the enemy of an individual becomes the enemy of the whole kennar. Kennar are usually related to each ...
We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.
I have never been able to resist a book about books.
The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.
It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.
