ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (. . . ) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.
A vile imagination, once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and can get in again very easily, whether we will or no, and can so return as to bring seven other spirits with it more wicked than itself; and what may follow no one knows.
It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, or to think that we have helped such and such people. It is a foolish thought, and all foolish thoughts bring misery. We think that we have helped some man and expect him to thank us, and because he does not, unhappiness comes to us. Why should we expect anything in return for what we do? Be grateful to the man you help, think of him as God. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship God by helping our fellow men?
Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well.
repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.
we forgive in order to free our own hearts and souls and return ourselves to a state of love.
I do not know when Christ is coming back. No one knows. But I do think the environment is getting more and more to the point where we can look for his return.
Everyone who's been in space would, I'm sure, welcome the opportunity for a return to the exhilarating experiences there.
Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in which you had a meaning, and to which you gave meaning in return by dedicating your life to it, and it spirited you away into fairylands where you were, and looked, frankly absurd.
We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you want to get close to somebody, you have to tell him or her something intimate about yourself. They'll tell you something intimate in return, and if you keep this going, maybe you'll end up in love.
It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns.
I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.
That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.
Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.
It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.
Liberalism Has Nearly Destroyed Black America, And Now It’s Time For Black America To Return The Favor