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Letter "A" » assails
«Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.»
«Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by»
«Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide»
Author: John Newton
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About:
God
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«The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.»
«Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
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Abolitionist,
Activist,
Journalist)
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Keywords:
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«The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing»
Author: Havelock Ellis
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About:
Age,
Senses
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Keywords:
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«Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
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Critic,
Essayist,
Playwright)
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Keywords:
Act of Parliament,
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«Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.»
Author: John Dryden
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
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«In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin»
Author: Marcus Aurelius
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About:
Writing
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Keywords:
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Writings
«But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.»
Author: Voltaire
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Philosopher,
Writer)
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Keywords:
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