Certainly it may, under present imperfect conditions, often be a duty not to destroy the outward form of marriage for the sake of the children. But by no means can this duty be preached as universally binding.
America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.
I try not to be neurotic; I try to create and present healthy body image.
Before I do anything, I practice it for a while, and then when I know it's the bomb, then I'm gonna present it to everybody.
You don't build a bond without being present.
When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.
Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.
Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.
Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.
The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.
They sell you this present of rainbows and butterflies, and as a 16-year-old, that's what I bought. It's why I did 'X Factor' and why I ended up in a group. But then you're working so hard, so young.
Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.
Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present.
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
