Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

Henry James Sumner Maine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 15, 1822 - February 3, 1888

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Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

Matthew Fox

ResponsibilityPeopleLookFindWant

The aim of any writer, even a fantasy writer, is the pursuit of truth.

Matt Haig

TruthAimFantasyPursuitEvenAny

When you're concentrating on just the music, you're not thinking about anything else.

Johnny Christ

MusicThinkingYouAnythingJust

I did some pretty bad things as a teenager. When I was 13, I took my friend's mom's car out for a joyride, and I actually managed to hit somebody else's car. No one was hurt, but needless to say, I didn't get behind the wheel again until I had my driver's license.

Amanda Righetti

FriendCarMomHurtBadWheel

My grandmother grew up in a 19th-century world, and my daughter has grown up in a 21st-century world, and some issues, problems, dilemmas that these women face have not changed.

Tommy Lee Jones

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To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

Roger Ebert

HealthJoyHappyWorldProblems

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body.

Lucy Stone

GodTimeBelieveYouBodyKnow

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Judd Nelson

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Nature's patterns sometimes reflect two intertwined features: fundamental physical laws and environmental influences. It's nature's version of nature versus nurture.

Brian Greene

NatureEnvironmentalSometimesTwo

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application.

Arthur Middleton

LifeTodayBe DifferentPrinciples

I've always loved hot rods and going to drag races.

William Fichtner

LovedHotAlwaysDragGoingRaces

If private-sector capital can be harnessed for social good, the potential to scale humanitarian solutions is vast.

Peter Maurer

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