Quotes with holier-than-thou

Quotes 2321 till 2340 of 4321.

  • Lord Chesterfield Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Barbara Johnson Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
    The Joy Journal
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  • Nelson Algren Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
    Nelson Algren
    American writer (1909 - 1981)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Antonin Artaud Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.
    Antonin Artaud
    French producer and actor (1896 - 1948)
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  • Billy Tauzin New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans.
    Billy Tauzin
    American lobbyist and politician (1943 - )
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  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I think we make the background darker and the shadows deeper than they actually are.
    Arthur Hays Sulzberger
    American newspaper publisher (1891 - 1968)
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  • William Howard Taft Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.
    William Howard Taft
    American politician, judge and President of the United States (1857 - 1930)
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  • Seneca Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Morris Hite No agency is better than its account executives.
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  • Aneurin Bevan No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Aneurin Bevan No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Peter Nivio Zarlenga No authority is higher than reality.
    Peter Nivio Zarlenga
    American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos
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  • Katherine Mansfield No bird sits a tree more proudly than a pigeon.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Thomas L. Masson No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
    Thomas L. Masson
    American anthropologist, editor and author (1866 - 1934)
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  • Adam Smith No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Marcel Proust No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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