#may

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation. ↗

— Norman Mailer

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An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#christian #earth #head #heaven #his

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems. ↗

— Maimonides

#all things #assist #essence #established #every

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#cannot #contradict #him #i #man

I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. ↗

— David Mamet

#altogether #appear #bad #bad thing #believed

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#interpreted #laws #liberal #may #preserved

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#been #embarrassed #fit #maybe #offended

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark. ↗

— William Cavendish

#entirely #go #how #i #ignorant

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time. ↗

— Horace Mann

#appointment #borrow #clear #dishonesty #his

I say, traitors; as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty; if it may be called a liberty, as it is redeemed with the betraying of the interest of Christ, and the blood of His people. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#blood #called #christ #his #i