#sole

We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#being #being used #beings #cannot #god

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#enlightened #maiden #monarch #obsolete #repertory

Everything I've always done has been for the sole purpose of increasing my lovemaking output. A lot of guys won't admit that, but I do. I just want to make love. ↗

— Rick Fox

#always #been #done #everything #guys

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#broken #doubt #expectancy #flowery #hesitation

It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of our accountability to him for the right use of the faculties which he has bestowed. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#bestowed #created #faculties #god #him

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#channels #dangers #embarrassing #nation #perhaps

The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ↗

— Moses Hadas

#consoles #distracts #excites #experience #gift

My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#businesswoman #children #chip #common #common sense

I guess after a certain age, things change and those things or people or friendships that happen in movies, just don't happen in real life. ↗

— Alberto Fuguet

#decepción #soledad #vida #age

Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and even for them it is hard unless they are working with major game brands. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#brands #console #even #film-making #game