#asil

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#bodies #book #certain #conceive #concerning

He who pardons easily invites offense. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#invites #offense #pardons #who

I'm a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight years. ↗

— Courteney Cox

#easily #eight #gemini #get #i

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#charges #comes #drilling #easily #how

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#desire #easily #everyone #fear #very

As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#date #easily #end #invention #man

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#ancient #back #being #convention #due

Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it sounds like. In fact, if the Democrats do their job, it can just as easily become a platform for addressing the greatest issues of them all. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#become #deathly #democrats #dull #easily

Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt. ↗

— Jacque Fresco

#access #advanced #capabilities #could #create

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#duty #easily #god #great #great nation