#sons

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— John Adams

#i #liberty #mathematics #may #must

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#confined #few #generation #lies #men

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#age #antiquity #censure #eminent #escaping

I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#hell #i #me #never #said

The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#fat #getting #i #maybe #only

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#control #equal #her #man #mind

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. ↗

— Mary Astell

#design #due #excite #government #hearers

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life. ↗

— John Astin

#continue #demonstrates #difficult #difficult things #doing

In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#after #age #alone #another #because

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#evil #persons #society #solitude #than