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history disposition efficacy
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. Edward Gibbon
history narrative firsts
Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
history important difficult
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
The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind....
history heaven republic
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
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
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
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. Edith Sitwell
history principles human-nature
History is the discovering of the principles of human nature. David Hume
narrative information different
The comics medium has some unusual features that do make it very different, in that it's combining a verbal narrative with a visual one that allows for much richer possibilities of transmitting information. Alan Moore
narratives
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods. Matthew Tobin Anderson
narrative
I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it. Djuna Barnes
narrative nonfiction labels
Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing away from narrative and toward contemplation, which is all I've ever wanted. David Shields
narrative plot resolution
Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.
narrative allies honest
I'm not interested in collage as the refuge of the composition-ally disabled. I'm interested in collage as (to be honest) an evolution beyond narrative.
narrative adhesive film
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. Carter Burwell
narrative
I hear music as narrative. Ajay Naidu
narrative shows
My shows are not narratives. Brian Eno
firsts sun start-the-day
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. Charles Dickens
firsts profession
A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession. Charles Caleb Colton
firsts three novel
I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I'll burn it. Charles Stross
firsts christ salvation
The first thing in faith is knowledge. What we know we must also agree unto. What we agree unto we must rest upon alone for salvation. It will not save me to know that Christ is a Saviour; but it will save me to trust Him to be my Saviour. Charles Spurgeon
firsts done christ
Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.
firsts language consciousness
Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.
firsts chaos authority
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.
firsts film made
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies. Al Pacino
firsts shy language
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.