Critias famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.
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For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.
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Is not living at all not better than living badly?
-- Critias
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I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true
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I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.
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We may not preach a crucified Saviour without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.
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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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I take it, therefore, to be a fact, that one's existence ends with death. I think it possible to show how this fact can be emotionally acceptable.
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We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.
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If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.
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I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.
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This human world of ours would be inconceivable without the practical existence of a religious belief.
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