Francis Atterbury Quotes
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
Quotes to Explore
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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Without the constantly living and articulated eperience of absurdity, there would be no reason to attempt to do something meaningful. And on the contrary, how can one experience one's own absurdity if one is not constantly seeking meaning?
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There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.
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And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?
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Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.
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Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.
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Any manwhose love of horses isstronger thanhis fear of being an absurdity is all right with me.
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The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you.
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There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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There is no greater threat to America than Islam.
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It is true the risk for travel is greater for we now operate in a global market. Business travelers are conducting business all over the world as if they are conducting business in their own backyards.
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He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.
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Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
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You are greater than you know.
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The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.
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No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy, and time is the ultimate opponent.
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I learned very quickly that if you just go out and make something and maybe fail at it or you just learn how to edit it yourself. I edited my last films. You just do it yourself. You feel so creatively empowered and you're controlling your own destiny as artists.
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The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
