Thursday, May 3, 2012

Sententia

Quoting a maxim or wise saying to apply a general truth to the situation; concluding or summing up by offering a statement of general wisdom.

Example:
But, of course, to understand all is to forgive all.

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  1. "So, I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. 'Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.'"
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  2. "We're not computers, Sabastian, we're physical. I think, Sabastian, therefore, I am."
    Rutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah, Blade Runner

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  3. "The lesson we have to learn is that our dislike for certain persons does not give us any right to injure our fellow creatures. The social rule must be: 'Live and let live.'"
    -- George Bernard Shaw

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  4. "We are now well into our fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident purpose of putting an end to slavery agitation. However, under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

    -- Abraham Lincoln, A House Divided

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  5. "A bad peace is worse than war." - Tacitus

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