#upon

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. ↗

— Saint Basil

#abundance #away #brings #curses #drive

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#culture #cultured #enough #first #hand

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. ↗

— John Berry

#does #grasp #hand #only #paradise

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. ↗

— Sidney Lanier

#acquired #endeavor #rests #through #upon

For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location. ↗

— Max von Laue

#both #brightness #exert #factor #factors

This country must be governed, and can be governed, simply on questions of policy and administration and the French Canadians who have had any part in this movement have never had any other intention but to organise upon those party distinctions and upon no other. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#any #canadians #country #distinctions #french

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#flung #himself #his #horse #madly

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it. ↗

— Giacomo Leopardi

#begins #completely #disenchanted #disgusted #does

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#argued #character #defense #era #granted

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#build #comes #commons #core #fit