All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Sallust90 quotes“All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.”
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When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
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Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
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Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
Jack LondonJack London Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony Resistance to tyranny ius obedience to God.
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