There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.
Happy the Man, who void of Cares and Strife, In Silken, or in Leathern Purse retains A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain New Oysters cry'd, nor sighs for chearful Ale
All the rare and royal names Wormy sheepskin yet retains
Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.
Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for more human-scale, ecological ways of living. If Ladakh now succeeds in creating for itself a future which retains the foundations of its traditional past, it will be an inspiring example of how all the various elements of an ecological future fit together.
The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.
For most baseball fans, maybe oldest is always best. We love baseball because it seizes and retains the past, like the snowy village inside a glass paperweight.
The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force.
Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years.
One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.
The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.
Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.
I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them. . . to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.
I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands
And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of anybody, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject.
The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time.
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!
