Provocation doesn't make me ill-tempered: it only shows me how ill-tempered I am. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provocation. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Frankly, the idea that exposed legs are some sort of sexual provocation is an argument one would expect to hear from a… — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
“Let’s just say, there’s not much of a moon out tonight,” Nose continued anyway, “but if Yale joined us, there would be.” — Ripley Patton Copy Share Image
The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
A philosopher may deplore the eternal discords of the human race, but he will confess, that the desire of spoil is a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“It is better to know it. Better to know who you are, and what lies in you, what you could do, might… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and… — Jeremy Brett Copy Share Image
Agential realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest.… — Karen Barad Copy Share Image
Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Love, to the inferior man, remains almost wholly a physical matter. The heroine he most admires is the one who offers the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six… — Thom Browne Copy Share Image
These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Passion, and passion in its profoundest, is not a thing demanding a palatial stage whereon to play its part. Down among the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
When sex desire arises, one simply pays total attention to it, not judging, not saying this is good or bad not saying… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“People are not always very tolerant of the tears which they themselves have provoked.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
My position has always been to avoid violence to avoid provocation. — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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