#greater

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#because #death #devour #doomed #fate

You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel. ↗

— Richard Russo

#much #novel #over #pains #screenplay

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#become #creates #decision #definition #domain

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#greater #hear #hong #hong kong #kong

While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#busy #greater #i #i am #little

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#discovered #gold #greater #greater value #many

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#could #dear #greater #i #me

On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting. ↗

— William Scott

#charcoal #drawing #drawn #economy #find

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment. ↗

— Haile Selassie

#god #greater #history #judgment #kingdom

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldn't bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#been #before #bring #civilian #civilians