Quotes with spite

  • Lesbian feminists, for all their ideals of sisterhood and solidarity, can treat each other with a fickleness, a parasitic exploitativeness, and vicious spite that have to be seen to be believed.

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  • Winston Churchill Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Max Weber Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say ''In spite of all!'' has the calling for politics.
    Max Weber
    German economist, historian and sociologist (1864 - 1920)
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  • John F. Kennedy A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers - and this is the basis of all human morality.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Robert Graves A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
    Robert Graves
    English poet, historical novelist, critic and classicist (1895 - 1985)
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  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Victor Hugo Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Denis Waitley Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Boris Pasternak Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Aldous Huxley For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Marquis de Sade For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is over, there's an end to it: his annihilation is final and entire, of him nothing survives.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • R. A. Torrey God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything.
    R. A. Torrey
    American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer (1856 - 1928)
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  • Alfred de Musset I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.
    Alfred de Musset
    French writer (1810 - 1857)
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  • Edith Wharton I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Anne Frank I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • William Morris I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.
    William Morris
    British artist, writer (1834 - 1896)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Anne Frank In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • George Eliot In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Kathy Norris In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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  • Bill Cosby In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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