#sacred

Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world. Here, there was the taint of of deepest sin in the most sacred of quality of human life, working such effect, that the world was only the darker for this woman's beauty, and the more lost for the infant that she had borne. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#motherhood #sacred #sin #beauty

The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty. ↗

— D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

#beauty

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. ↗

— Henry Miller

#carries #dangerous #dead #different #evil

The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong. ↗

— James Monroe

#alike #among #attack #ceases #defense

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. ↗

— James Monroe

#especially #exigencies #free #free people #impose

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the sacred writers. ↗

— James Payn

#allowances #am #apt #aware #certain

Sage is cleansing and sacred. ↗

— Pink

#sacred #sage

The lanes and streets of the city being set out, the choice of sites for the convenience and use of the state remains to be decided on; for sacred edifices, for the forum, and for other public buildings. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#buildings #choice #city #convenience #decided

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification. ↗

— Thomas Day

#awful #britain #equally #favourable #her

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#expression #freedom #most #rights #sacred