Quotes of Obviate - somelinesforyou

“ The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth. ”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ The family is an early expedient and in many ways irrational. If the race had developed a special sexless class to be nurses, pedagogues, and slaves, like the workers among ants and bees, then the family would have been unnecessary. Such a division of labor would doubtless have involved evils of its own, but it would have obviated some drags and vexations proper to the family. ”

- George Santayana

“ Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide. ”

- Karl A. Menninger
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