See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, ...but will proceed no further.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I change, and so do women too; But I reflect--which women seldom do.... Tobacco is a filthy weed, That from the devil doth proceed; That drains your purse, that burns your clothes, That makes a chimney of your nose.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The doctrine of those who have denied that certainty could be attained at all, has some agreement with my way of proceeding at the... first setting out; but they end in being infinitely separated and opposed. For the holders of that doctrine assert simply that nothing can be known; I also assert that not much can be known in nature by the way which is now in use. But then they go on to destroy the authority of the senses and understanding; whereas I proceed to devise helps for the same.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at al...l.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to proceed... in a certain way but was made insecure by opposing opinions of neighbors, friends, or relatives, then it gives him great comfort to find his ideas seconded by an expert.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were...) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed toward a love to our country and to mankind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I wish, said Mr. [Fulke] Greville, men would not pretend to write of what they cannot be masters of. Another country--it is imposs...ible they can be judges; and they ought not to aim at it--for they have different sensations, are used to different laws, manners and things, and consequently are habituated to different thoughts and ideas--'tis the same as if a cow was to write of a horse--or a horse of a cow--why they would proceed on quite different principles, and therefore certainly could be no judge of one another.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Afflicted with existence, each man endures like an animal the consequences which proceed from it. Thus, in a world where everythin...g is detestable, hatred becomes huger than the world and, having transcended its object, cancels itself out.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, an...d end in loving himself better than all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
An aesthetic movement with a revolutionary dynamism and no popular appeal should proceed quite otherwise than by public scandal, p...ublicity stunt, noisy expulsion and excommunication.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »