#gains

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black. ↗

— John Selden

#am #black #colors #i #i am

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

#attention #been #complaint #confine #consideration

Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions. ↗

— Arvid Carlsson

#actions #against #drink #effect #kinds

Was this love? Because it hurt. It was like a bit of glass stuck somewhere important--his heart or his head, and it was throbbing. ↗

— Jenny Downham

#love

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#carried #i #long #people #say

Faith was praiseworthy, but should be seasoned with intelligence. ↗

— Dave Duncan

#faith

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#capitalist #capitalist society #class #fights #hand

Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that! ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#called #challenged #community #feudal #fought

Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#around #distant #everywhere #fact #found

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#am #fig #give #i #i am