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«Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.»
«The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly on the page, in proportion, as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them»
«The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.»
«I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better»
Author: William Wycherley | About: Mankind | Keywords: metal, stamp, title, weigh
«The great end in religious instruction, is not to stamp our minds upon the young, but to stir up their own; not to make them see with our eyes, but to look inquiringly and steadily with their own; not to give them a definite amount of knowledge, but to inspire a fervent love of truth; not to form an outward regularity, but to touch inward springs; not to bind them by ineradicable prejudices to our particular sect or peculiar notions, but to prepare them for impartial, conscientious judging of whatever subjects may be offered to their decision; not to burden memory, but to quicken and strengthen the power of thought.»
«Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: pestilence, smite, stamp
«Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover»
«Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality... that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.»
«Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.»
«I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | Keywords: stamp