#stature

Space is the stature of God. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#space #stature

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature. ↗

— Jack Miller

#examples #human #lies #major #noble

Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#among #attractive #elements #equally #fair

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#been #does #ever #genius #me