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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#common #common good #community #good #him

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. ↗

— Aristotle

#class #classes #community #control #middle

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end. ↗

— Aristotle

#beginning #certain #complete #end #magnitude

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ↗

— Aristotle

#deserving #dignity #does #honors #possessing

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. ↗

— Aristotle

#initial #later #least #multiplied #truth

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#definitely #enjoyed #gig #him #i

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#close #close proximity #deal #definitely #everybody

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#death #devastating #disgraceful #dying #helpless

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

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