"Dependant upon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are the marvel of the world. The improvements which have been effected during a century would be almost miraculous, did we not consider that they had been produced by the spirit and intelligence of the people, and were in no degree dependant upon the apathy or caprice of the ruling power. The first turnpike-road was established by an act of the 3rd Charles II. The mob pulled down the gates; and the new principle was supported at the point of the bayonet. But long after that period ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 351 - Volume 13, Saturday, January 10, 1829 • Various
... of our passions is no more dependant upon us than the duration of our life. [Then what becomes of free ...
— Reflections - Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims • Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld |
