#with

In a few days an officer came to our camp, under a flag of truce, and informed Hamilton, then a captain of artillery, but afterwards the aid of General Washington, that Captain Hale had been arrested within the British lines condemned as a spy, and executed that morning. ↗

— William Hull

#aid #arrested #artillery #been #british

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#beneficial #consequences #evil #extremes #forget

It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis. ↗

— William Morris Hunt

#impossible #make #me #picture #tell

I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#being #career #cent #early #earn

Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend. ↗

— David Irving

#extent #friend #greatest #hitler #israel

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. ↗

— Bil Keane

#hugs #invented #know #love #people

I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me. ↗

— Lara St. John

#been #drudgery #ear #everything #grownups

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#confusion #could #freedom #gets #kind

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#established #faith #liberty #morality #nor

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#been #complete #generations #hence #revolution