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Jose Marti Quote: “He who uses the office he…”

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.

September 13, 2021 1853, Cuban, January 28, Jose Marti, Quotes by Activists

James Fenton Quote: “The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence…”

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme.

June 2, 2021 1949, April 25, British, James Fenton, Quotes by Poets

Theodor Adorno Quote: “Not only is the self entwined…”

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

April 23, 2021 1903, German, Quotes by Philosophers, September 11, Theodor Adorno

Maria Montessori Quote: “The child is not an empty…”

The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it. No, the child is the builder of man. There is no man existing who has not been formed by the child he once was.

October 1, 2020 1870, August 31, Italian, Maria Montessori, Quotes by Educators

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “It is said that the world…”

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

July 25, 2020 1803, American, May 25, Quotes by Poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Cowper Quote: “Existence is a strange bargain. Life…”

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

July 12, 2020 1731, English, November 26, Quotes by Poets, William Cowper

Ralph Chaplin Quote: “The working class owes all honor…”

The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.

March 14, 2020 1887, American, Quotes by Activists, Ralph Chaplin

William Penn Quote: “He who is taught to live…”

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father’s care.

November 11, 2019 1644, English, October 14, Quotes by Leaders, William Penn

John Gay Quote: “Shadow owes its birth to light….”

Shadow owes its birth to light.

September 4, 2019 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

Jean de La Fontaine Quote: “Every journalist owes tribute to the…”

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

November 25, 2018 1621, French, Jean de La Fontaine, July 8, Quotes by Poets
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