True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the
shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
View quotes by George WashingtonConflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It
shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
View quotes by John DeweyAny system of religion that has any thing in it that
shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true system. (The Age of Reason)
View quotes by Thomas PaineBy a series of violent
shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
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