#perceive

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended. ↗

— Lactantius

#aside #beginning #cannot #comprehended #corrupt

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever. ↗

— Kendrick Lamar

#beaten #because #being #dared #decision

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#business #company #even #guys #hip

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#fool #forget #his #others #own

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#art #artist #briefly #call #called

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#despise #even #father #faults #german

It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#currency #entire #european #frame #international

Changes is the mother of time. Absence of changes makes no time. ↗

— Toba Beta

#perceive #reality #relativity #subjectivity #time

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#being #girl #i #partly #perceived

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#any #controversy #either #impartial #perceive