A Quote by Arthur Helps

People resemble still more the time in which they live, than they resemble their fathers.

Arthur Helps

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Fathers Live More People Resemble Still Than Time Which

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Arthur Helps
British - Historian
July 10, 1813 - March 7, 1875

Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?

Michel Foucault

I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century; 800 years ago the Norwegians were still worshipers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.

Thomas Carlyle

Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

P.B. Kerr

I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.

Joseph Joubert

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

Rick Kaplan

Most of my Muslim friends are politically liberal in a lot of senses. They are far more open-minded than the Christian circles I grew up in, which are, you know, actually scarier. That said, too, I still identify with the teachings of Jesus. I don't think they resemble or relate to modern-day Christianity.

Craig Thompson

We find the Works of Nature still more pleasant, the more they resemble those of art.

Joseph Addison

A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.

Isaac Babel

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

Stephen R. Donaldson

All my joys resemble more a momentary intoxication than the real gold of happiness. It was all but an illusion.

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.

Brigham Young

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.