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Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.
by Lillian Smith (Novelist, American , born in 1867) keywords: against, ancient, birth, born, borne, forgive, found, fruit, giving, hard, her, him, man, patriarchal, protest, strange, thing, through, woman , years I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
by Vernon L. Smith (Economist, American , born in 1927) keywords: ancient, biscuits, both, cooked, fresh, hot, iron, lard, made, memory, oven, pancakes, still, stove, taste, top , were But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.
by William Robertson Smith (Scientist, Scottish , born in 1846) keywords: ancient, binding, essential, force, had, mythology, part, religion, sacred, sanction, speaking, strictly , worshippers This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.
by William Robertson Smith (Scientist, Scottish , born in 1846) keywords: ancient, assigned, being, faiths, follows, mythology, often, ought, place, prominent, scientific, study, take , too There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
by Sophocles (Playwright , Greek) keywords: among, ancient, bad, before, call, cannot, died, good, life, man, men, mortals, only, saying, then, thoroughly , understand The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.
by Richard Stallman (Scientist , born in 1953) keywords: ancient, authors, copied, copyright, did, even, exist, frequently, idea, length, many, non-fiction, only, other, part, practice, survived, times, useful, way , works The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.
by Johannes Stark (Physicist , born in 1874) keywords: already, ancient, composition, greeks, mind, objects, occupied, perceptible, question , which He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened.
by Ronald Steelkeywords: ancient, become, certainly, considerable, credentials, elder, foreign, forever, happened, him, his, mariner, our, policy, really, sleeve, statesman, tale, tell, though , yet The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.
by George Edmund Street (Architect, English , born in 1824) keywords: ancient, been, between, churches, country, difference, discover, distinct, failed, fault, marked, men, models, most, ought, seems, taken, their, them , towns Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them.
by Emanuel Swedenborg (Scientist, Swedish , born in 1688) keywords: able, ancient, angels, being, body, clothed, created, done, fact, living, lord, man, most, speak, spirit, spirits, them, times , while Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
by Clyde Tombaugh (Scientist, American , born in 1906) keywords: ancient, based, bible, concepts, findings, fit, lot, mythology, science , unfortunately The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary to investigate the roots and the meaning that has transformed culture and society for so many years.
by Bill Toomey (Athlete, American , born in 1939) keywords: ancient, culture, games, investigate, just, many, meaning, most, necessary, obscure, olympians, really, relatively, roots, society, transformed, understand , years These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.
by Joan D. Vinge (Author, American , born in 1948) keywords: age, ancient, blindly, close, comfort, conservative, cover, days, ears, else, eyes, follow, inclined, many, most, narrow, new, our, religion, ritual, seek, seem, tenets, these, too, traditions , us Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: ancient, believe, date, divorce, however, marriage, more, nearly, probably, same, some , weeks The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: ancient, architecture, beasts, built, fight, greatest, masterpieces, romans, their , wild There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.
by Len Wein (Cartoonist, American , born in 1948) keywords: ancient, destroyed, ever, instantly, learn, legend, origin, our, should, true, universe, warns, which , will
