Thomas Aquinas Quotes
The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
Quotes to Explore
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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Whiplash' was just a lucky kind of convergence of events in that I'd been trying to get a bigger project off the ground with no success for a while, and then finally, out of frustration, I just wrote this leaner, meaner, personal script about my experiences as a jazz drummer, and that's the one that wound up getting made.
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You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making are pretty arbitrary in a lot of respects.
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The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common sink of slavery.
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When you’re young you try to be methodical and philosophical, but reality keeps breaking in.
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We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.
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History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.
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Professional Southerners sicken me.
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The only thing one can usually change in one's situation is oneself. And yet one can't change that either-only ask Our Lord to do so.
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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
