Quotations
It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. FreePaperz now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
former
«Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.»
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
(Architect, Writer)
| Keywords:
arrogance, early, former, humility, hypocritical
«A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter»
Author: George Grenville
(Politician)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
conciliate, conciliating, contemptible, enforce, former, latter, odious, temper
«Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
corruption, endanger, endangers, former, invariably, latter, prostitution
«However incompatible the spirit of Jesus and armed force may be, and however unpleasant it may be to acknowledge the fact, as a matter of plain history the latter has often made it possible for the former to survive»
Author: Kenneth Scott Latourette
| Keywords:
acknowledge, armed, Armed force, armed forces, former, incompatible, unpleasant
«Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Faith,
Gifts
| Keywords:
former, gift, latter, proof
«As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.»
Author: Diogenes
(Founder, Philosopher)
| About:
Needs
| Keywords:
ardent, former, instruct, latter, preservation, self preservation
«Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
combined, finite, former, Infinities, latter, smallness, transcend
«A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.»
«It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. - former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Common sense,
Failure,
Trying
| Keywords:
former, franklin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, frankly, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt