#formerly

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#among #commonly #dangerous #even #exceptions

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#feel #formerly #had #i #laugh

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#america #chance #dignitaries #find #formerly

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#comparison #conception #else #formerly #glory

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life. ↗

— Brad Holland

#art #everyday #everyday life #formerly #life

The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

#constituting #everywhere #formerly #great #great silence

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#aspect #could #expected #external #flourishing

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. ↗

— Doug Larson

#being #called #consumption #dog #eaten

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#formerly #left #master #sustained #techniques

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#bored #formerly #penalty #people #success