#tolerates

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. ↗

— John Calvin

#even #freedom #god #ignorance #inadvertently

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#domain #ear #flee #forced #into

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

#citizens #classes #constitution #knows #neither

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! ↗

— Doug Larson

#friend #overlooks #success #tolerates #true

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗

— Robert Frost

#civilized society #doubtful #eccentricity #point #sanity

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#activity #because #exalted #excellence #good

I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#glad #i #i am #me #sons

American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#american #american society #cities #despair #inner

AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#god #homosexuals #just #punishment #society

Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition. ↗