"Near the end of the 1700s, philosophers began to declare that humans were rational individuals. People were flattered by being recognized as individuals, and by being called rational, and the idea soon wormed its way into the belief systems of nearly everyone in the upper class. Despite resistance from Church and State, the idea of rational individuality replaced the assumption that truth comes only from god and king."

-- Alex Pentland

#Kings Quotes #Class Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.”

Source : Laurence Sterne, Wilbur Lucius Cross, Elizabeth Draper, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1904). “Life of Lawrence Sterne by Percy Fitzgerald”
“We born dyin'...But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah.”
“I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible”
“Nothing is permanent. The only thing any of us have in common is the inevitable.”

Source : Colleen Hoover (2012). “Slammed: A Novel”, p.234, Simon and Schuster
“I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.”
“A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me about.”
“Making a living is nothing; the great difficulty is making a point, making a difference-with words.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (2017). “The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick”, p.112, New York Review of Books
“The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights, and possessed the courage to dare to maintain them.”

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