#sence

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. ↗

— Louis Auchincloss

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That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence. ↗

— Avicenna

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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ↗

— Nnamdi Azikiwe

#essence #originality #scholar #scholarship #soul

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#cold #excellence #highest #intellectual #mark

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#essence #fellow #fellow creatures #hate #indifferent

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#best #fatal #first #mental #tact

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work. ↗

— Paul Simon

#almost #anything #art #care #change

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. ↗

— Peter Singer

#argument #because #believe #believing #despite

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. ↗

— Huston Smith

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