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history narrative firsts
Edward Gibbon Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
history important difficult
Edward Gibbon The subject, however various and important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and so successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to the reader, and difficult to the writer.
history miracle doe
Edward Gibbon The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind....
history heaven republic
Edward Gibbon An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the industrious, and distributed among the saints the wealth of the republic.
history catholic church
Edward Gibbon Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price of an episcopal vote; and the condemnation of the Alexandrian primate was artfully represented as the only measure which could restore the peace and union of the catholic church.
history empires palaces
Edward Gibbon While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius.
history sawdust mills
Edith Sitwell [History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust.
history principles human-nature
David Hume History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.
important attention want
Charles Stanley Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.
important desire
Alan Watts It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?
important chekhov
Al Pacino Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
important body do-you-know
Al Lewis I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?
important cash gains
Akio Morita To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
important saved
Aiden Wilson Tozer What I was saved to is much more important than what I was saved from.
important holiness matter
Aiden Wilson Tozer You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact-the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!
important x-files defined
Chris Carter I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.
important important-things
Chris Colfer Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing.
difficult productivity
Alan Greenspan Productivity is notoriously difficult to predict.
difficult given nine team teams
Don Worstell The one thing we like about our team over most teams we play is our depth. We play nine guys, and any one of them can go big on you on a given night. I think we're a difficult team to scout.
difficult experience gains good leadership players providing
Rick Stansbury The pluses are that (Gordon) is a good player. He is going to be one of the better players in the league. If he gains more experience he will be really good, he has had some difficult times and has been providing good leadership as a freshman.
difficult road
Ruben Patterson We are a little fatigued. It's been a difficult road trip.
difficult nearly perfect riders several today wind
Angela Sgrignuoli Where the wind made it difficult for several riders Saturday, today was nearly perfect for the runners.
difficult liberate lord path shall street
Granth Sahib Where the path is difficult and the street is narrow, there the Lord shall liberate you
difficult
McKayla Maroney I was just used to being in shape, and getting out of it was really difficult for me.
difficult movies
Nicolas Roeg I've been told my movies are difficult to market.
difficult except hard headline icon journal knew loved people pinpoint stands start talk talking worked
Jim Norton When you talk about an icon and a legend, an extraordinary individual, as well as a people's person, it's difficult where to start about the man. He was the kind of person where all you would have to say is Amby and people knew who you were talking about. People loved him. On the day of his passing, the headline in the (Providence) Journal read, A one, and last, of a kind. In all of the years that I worked with Amby, it's hard to pinpoint what stands out the most, except that he was always there.