Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.[George Bernard Shaw] Quote:The uniform, constant and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived, is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite both of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration. Like the unknown principle of animal life, it frequently restores health and vigour to the constitution, in spite, not only of the disease, but of the absurd prescriptions of the doctor.[Adam Smith] Quote:How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.[Adam Smith] Definitions of: deriveDefinition: To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.Definition: To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from. Definition: To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon. Definition: To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon. |
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