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«Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.»
Author: Charles Peguy (Essayist, Philosopher, Poet) | Keywords: raises
«Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?»
«Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience»
Author: Katherine Tingley | Keywords: raises, renewed
«[A successful parent is one] who raises a child who grows up and is able to pay for his or her own psychoanalysis.»
«Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.»
«He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stands a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure, too.»
«Art raises its head where creeds relax»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche (Critic, Philosopher, Scholar) | About: Art | Keywords: creeds, raises, relax
«Fame is an illusive thing / here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.»
«A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.»
«Every wolf 's and lion's howl / Raises from Hell a human soul.»