I saw the spiders marching through the air,
Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day
In
latter August when the hay
Came creaking to the barn.
View quotes by Robert LowellI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it (Attributed to Voltaire, but the words are in fact S.G. Tallentyre's summary of his attitude to Helvetius following the burning of the
latter's De l'esprit in 1759)
View quotes by VoltaireI am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve this
latter I do not preserve myself
View quotes by Jose Ortega Y GassetThose who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the
latter are stronger.
View quotes by Coco ChanelScience is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the
latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
View quotes by Thomas HuxleyThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the
latter ignorance.
View quotes by HippocratesThe difference between a moral man and a man of honour is that the
latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
View quotes by Henry L MenckenThe most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the
latter to preserve themselves.
View quotes by Joseph AddisonNever let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the
latter is divine.
View quotes by Hosea BallouIf those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the
latter from human life.
View quotes by Honore De BalzacIt is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the
latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRape is highly reprehensible, both in a moral sense and in its almost total contempt for the personal integrity and autonomy of the female victim and for the
latter's privilege of choosing those with whom intimate relations are to be established.
View quotes by Byron R WhiteDoes feminist mean a large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the
latter, so I sign up.
View quotes by Margaret AtwoodI agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The
latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'.
View quotes by Kerry PackerThe story of Pope John Paul II is that of a man of immense faith and conviction and, in
latter years, great personal courage.
He engaged with human culture and civilisation in every aspect and in every corner of the world.
View quotes by Mary McAleeseThe only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the
latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason.
View quotes by Imannuel KantIf I had the choice of hiring someone with commections or someone with skills and talent, I'd go with the
latter.
View quotes by Chip GoodyearAt Jinja there is both hotel and golf course. The
latter is, I believe, the only course in the world which posts a special rule that the player may remove his ball from hippopotamus footprints.
View quotes by Evelyn WaughAlong with the lazy man... the dying man is the immoral man: the former, a subject that does not work; the
latter, an object that no longer even makes itself available to be worked on by others.
View quotes by Michel De CerteauA wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the
latter.
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