#preserve

The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and marvelous power. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#alone #antiquity #away #current #edifice

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ↗

— Charles G. Dawes

#dignity #mediocrity #preserve #requires

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#poetry #preserved #thus

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans. ↗

— Ron Kind

#co-chair #congressional #force #founder #future

The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

#abraham lincoln #alike #assure #been #commitment

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him. ↗

— George Santayana

#diseases #him #instincts #less #man

In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#anyone #around #because #best #connection

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#becoming #danger #preserve #seems #wealthy

The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#agile #animal #boot #europe #general

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#element #every #just #preserved #reversed