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Words derive their power from the original word. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. ↗

— George Washington

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The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. ↗

— William Godwin

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Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. ↗

— Hippocrates

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Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences. ↗

— Joel Hodgson

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Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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