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Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me.

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.

There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously.

But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.