Diminuates Quotes & Sayings

Nations have no morals," says Shara, quoting her aunt from memory. "Only interests. — Robert Jackson Bennett

And this prime hour of fragrance is the hour so many miss upon beds of sloth, never half knowing what a beautiful, marvellous world is around them. Not all the long hours of day can possibly bring back again the charm and blessedness of this, either to the body or to the soul. — Sarah Smiley

If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people. — William Penn

I longed to be a flame of fire continually glowing in the divine service and building up of Christ's kingdom to my last and dying breath. — David Brainerd

Eva walked along the wall that held all of Michael's books. Shelves of science texts - physics, astronomy, a full set of Darwin's writings, new works in biomedical genetics - these were at the bottom, and books on philosophy and religion at the top. A row of poetry books caught her eye. Rumi, Whitman, Neruda - impossible to comprehend what he might be looking for in the poets' works he collected. Love possibly, but not love the way she understood it. She couldn't wait until she would no longer have to study, but Michael - he loved to study even when he wasn't a student. — J.J. Brown

Show of hands," Devon said, breaking the silence. "Who thinks we're screwed? — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Anything to do with persuasion is rhetoric, right down to the argumentum ad baculum, which means threatening somebody with a stick until they agree with you. — Mark Forsyth

Chase down your dreams and make them your bitch. — Talon Windwalker