#dom

It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#passion #tear #veil #violence #life

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#belief #challenged #common #freedom #freedom from

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#least #like #most #need #seldom

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#art #attained #fool #hast #imagining

You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#cannot #expect #freedom #land #much

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses. ↗

— Shirley Chisholm

#comes #loses #morality #profit #seldom

We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#commitment #country #democratic #democratic iraq #fighting

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#cunning #divorced #justice #knowledge #may

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#discriminate #evil #function #good #good and evil

The only skill that cannot be perfected is perfection itself. ↗

— Daphne Delacroix

#perfection #skill #wisdom #inspirational