#passe

Democracy passes into despotism. ↗

— Plato

#despotism #into #passes

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#bright #earth #east #edge #effect

It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been passed down through the generations. It's the culture of the Australian team. ↗

— Ricky Ponting

#australian #been #culture #down #every

Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge. ↗

— John Pople

#became #cambridge #during #earlier #i

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#characteristics #decent #grateful #gratitude #happier

The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#anything #christianity #ever #far #heard

The pain passes, but the beauty remains. ↗

— Auguste Renoir

#pain #passes #remains

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#diverted #jest #least #most #others

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#business #down #drilling #efficiently #ensure

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway! ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#because #better #better idea #credit #day