Quotes with worst-tempered

Quotes 61 till 80 of 284.

  • Alexander Pope For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Thomas Carlyle France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Joseph Stowell God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs.
    Joseph Stowell
    American Christian author
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  • Dame Edith Sitwell Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
    Dame Edith Sitwell
    British poet (1887 - 1964)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Thomas Paine Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Chris Patten Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
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  • Nathanael Emmons Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
    Nathanael Emmons
    American Congregational minister and theologian (1745 - 1840)
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  • John Dryden Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Philip Roth He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.
    American Pastoral
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • William Hazlitt His worst is better than any other person's best.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Maya Angelou How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Walt Whitman I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Benjamin Tucker I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
    Individual Liberty
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • James A. Garfield I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Beatrix Potter I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...
    Journal entry
    Beatrix Potter
    English writer, illustrator and conservationist (1866 - 1943)
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  • Hubert Humphrey I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Lord George Byron I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Robin Williams I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
    Robin Williams
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1951 - 2014)
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