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Since it is one of the great attributes of our species to be susceptible of improvement and capable of experiencing the most beneficial changes, for this reason what are vulgarly called 'venerable establishments' will often range themselves in opposition to the best interests of the community.

— William Godwin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

— B. Carroll Reece

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.

— Frances Burney

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

— Abigail Adams

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.

— Hu Shih

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.

— Mary Douglas

We like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and communities and stuff and try to- we're not like benevolent- it's pretty basic.

— Jon Fishman

Great necessities call out great virtues.

— Abigail Adams

Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke.

— Joe Bob Briggs

These are classic, perennial ideals we are dealing with.

— Rob Morrow

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

— William Herschel

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