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The laws of cricket tell of the English love of compromise between a particular freedom and a general orderliness, or legality.
View quotes by Neville Cardus

Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse
Of life stood still, and nature made a pause
View quotes by Edward Young

As an English General has very truly said, 'The German army was stabbed in the back.' (Statement in Reichstag 1919)
View quotes by Paul Von Hindenburg

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
View quotes by Samuel Johnson

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
View quotes by Xenophon

One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
View quotes by Charles Darwin

As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work in the name of God, for the solution of all our problems is a spiritual one.
View quotes by Warren R Austin

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
View quotes by Alexander Hamilton

The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock
View quotes by Henry George

The King in a carriage may ride,
And the Beggar may crawl at his side;
But in the general race,
They are traveling all the same pace
View quotes by Edward Fitzgerald

I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup.
View quotes by Rebecca Romijn Stamos

If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better.
View quotes by Ernest Gaines

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it... the basest of all things is to be afraid.

View quotes by William Faulkner

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.

View quotes by John Stuart Mill

The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things...
View quotes by Richard Feynman

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, General Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice
View quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The trouble with military rule is that every colonel or general is soon full of ambition. The navy takes over today and the army tomorrow.
View quotes by Yakubu Gowon

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
View quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I'm afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one's posture, deportment and general cast of face.
View quotes by Jeremy Paxman

A philosopher might find the general work unsophisticated, and scientists are often bemused by esoteric talk of zombies, supervenience, and possible worlds.
View quotes by David Chalmers

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