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«Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.»
Author: Bernadette Devlin
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Politician)
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Keywords:
Among the,
conservatism,
equality,
Ireland,
massive,
mother church,
obstacle,
ranks,
The Path,
Threats,
traitors,
ward,
warding,
ward off
«Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.»
Author: Epicurus
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About:
Aspirations,
Contentment,
Dreams
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Keywords:
Among the,
desiring,
have-not,
hoped-for,
hoped,
now,
once,
once before,
remember,
spoil,
spoiling,
spoilt,
things,
Was
«Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.»
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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Keywords:
Among the,
Among the Living,
assume,
comfort,
difficulty,
otherwise,
quiet,
Quiet Life,
remains,
sadness,
seeks,
untroubled
«Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can»
Author: Samuel Adams
(
Politician)
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About:
Right
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Keywords:
Among the,
colonist,
colonists,
defend,
manner,
Natural right,
natural rights,
property,
property right,
property rights,
right to liberty,
right to life,
secondly,
The Natural,
thirdly
«Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.»
«Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.»
«For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(
Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
Among the,
get tough,
grow,
In Rock,
rocked,
rocks,
rooting,
roots,
root out,
take root,
tall,
tallest,
The Rocks,
tough,
Tree
«As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.»
Author: George Washington
(
President)
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About:
America and Americans,
Community,
Government,
Liberty,
Mankind
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Keywords:
Among the,
apt,
civil,
community,
entitled,
equally,
foremost,
liberal,
liberality,
members,
protections
«Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(
Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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About:
Books
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Keywords:
abused,
Among the,
attraction,
clean,
clean out,
good-for-nothing,
had better,
inspire,
of my own,
orbit,
orbits,
satellite,
satellites,
The Attractions,
warped,
warping
«Hear the voice of the Bard! / Who present, past, and future sees; / Whose ears have heard/ The Holy Word / That walked among the ancient trees.»
Author: William Blake
(
Engraver,
Mystic,
Painter,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Among the,
ancient,
bard,
bards,
holy,
the bard,
The Voice,
walked