#surpasses

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. ↗

— Lord Byron

#down #hate #look #mankind #must

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

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This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#could #i #indeed #knew #literature

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#everything #imitation #surpasses #truth

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#anything #christianity #ever #far #heard

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway! ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#because #better #better idea #credit #day

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#bad idea #beauty #elegance #idea #nothing