Quotes Of Government And Politics [2411]

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Quotes by John Selden "A King is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.There is not anything in the world so much abused as this sentence, Salus populi suprema lex esto (Let public safety be the supreme law). They that govern most make least noise". Quotes by Sir John Robert Seeley "[On the English] We seem as it were to have conquered and peopled half the world ... Read More

Quotes Of Eating And Drinking [0506]

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Quotes by Seneca "Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity" Quotes by John Selden "Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess". Quotes by Charles Monroe Schulz "No matter how hard you try, you can't bend a cracker". Quotes by Siegfried Sassoon "A sallow waiter brings me beans and pork...Outside there's fury in the firmament. Ice-cream, of course, will follow; and I'm content. O Babylon! O Carthage! O New York!" Quotes by Saki "I loathe rice pudding. it's so wholesome. The cook was a good cook, as ... Read More

Quotes Of Virtues And Vices [1704]

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Quotes by Seneca "Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore". Quotes by John Selden "Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear". Quotes by John Ruskin "Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy. Both your religion and policy must be based on it. Your honesty must be based, as the sun is, in vacant heaven; poised, as the lights in the firmament, which have rule over the day and ... Read More

Quotes Of Friends And Friendship [2702]

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Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley "When a man marries, dies or turns Hindoo, His best friends hear no more of him". Quotes by William Shakespeare "I count myself in nothing else so happy, As in a soul remembering my good friends. Our plot is as good a plot as ever was laid; our friends true and constant; a good plot, good friends, and full of expectation; an excellent plot, very good friends. Call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing. Yet ... Read More