The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't get along without them.
With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
Going to bed without dinner is better than waking up in debt.
Rich is he who has no debts, fortunate he who lives without handicap.
The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain
Comment sections on the internet are like gang graffiti, abusive words sprayed like gibberish and it's ugly to look at.
Comment sections on the internet is like gang graffiti, abusive words sprayed like nonsense and it's ugly to look at.
Freedom of Speech has become Freedom of Stupidity on the internet. Some ignominious users should not be given a voice to comment at all.
History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music.
Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.
...you want the sweetness of our beginning without the bitterness of our struggle - what are you asking - do you want light without shadow? ...
Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.
This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle.
Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both.
It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.
There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant.
Tears are infinitely more precious than blood. Blood spurts from the body; tears stream from the soul.
