#upon

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone. ↗

— Russell Hoban

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The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#deceased #empire #ghost #grave #other

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#consequences #dependence #fact #knowledge #science

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. ↗

— Epictetus

#any #contest #depend #does #enter

We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children. ↗

— Terrence Howard

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Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#contrast #even #everything #little #need

Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby. ↗

— Bobby Hull

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If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

#destiny #fate #inflicted #upon #will

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#centuries #culture #dies #educational #fade

Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

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