#persons

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. ↗

— Anthony Powell

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On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#big enough #came #communism #conscious #enough

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. ↗

— Confucius

#contrary #examine #inwards #ourselves #persons

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#adrift #alone #beginning #common #individuals

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons. ↗

— Bruce Vento

#day #develop #each #every #every day

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. ↗

— Voltaire

#deny #few #fewer #merit #more

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. ↗

— Voltaire

#after #consider #energy #loss #most

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#behind #bigots #fools #front #go

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#helps #little #much #oblige #often

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#determined #ever #feelings #go #how