#latitude

It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state. ↗

— William H. Seward

#latitude #law #maintenance #makes #northern

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#platitudes #true #yes

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? ↗

— Norman Douglas

#platitudes #save #wisdom

In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#always #aspect #away #carried #cases

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes. ↗

— Che Guevara

#am #call #different #different sort #his

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#hearing #people #platitude #repeated #simply

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#clear #first #improve #knowledge #longer

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. ↗

— John Cheever

#excellent #good #greater #hundred #latitude

I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in a short time disappeared, to be soon succeeded by another similar in character, but more faint. ↗

— George Grey

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