When the imagination is continually led to the brink of vice by a system of terror and denunciations, people fling themselves over… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remember that when these faults… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices,… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to… — Bram Cohen Copy Share Image
If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are… — Ibn Hazm Copy Share Image
I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Exaggeration! was ever any virtue attributed to a man without exaggeration? was ever any vice, without infinite exaggeration? Do we not exaggerate… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I see vegan food sold in single-use plastic containers, I get frustrated knowing that plastic is not really recycled; it is… — Karen Dawn Copy Share Image
Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others.… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy… — Lewis M. Branscomb Copy Share Image
It is not very natural to make dynamic changes with the recorder. When you play a long note and want to make… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
From almost the first day they got into office, they (President Bush and Vice President Cheney) were trying to figure out how… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There’s something about seeing an adult you knew in childhood that makes them marginally vulnerable to you, and vice versa. There’s also… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be… — Thomas Hartwell Horne Copy Share Image
The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question… — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
Hollis thought he looked like William Burroughs, minus the bohemian substrate (or perhaps the methadone). Like someone who'd be invited quail shooting… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
One would think that the record of already existing regulatory agencies is sufficiently eloquent in showing that it is Big Business that… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A woman decides about her body and her God is her business. Women who are pro-life can be just a good a… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
There is no truth to the rumors that we hate each other. I have no ill feeling for [Britney Spears] and vice… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by… — William Booth Copy Share Image
It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Will you tell me how to prevent riches from producing luxury? Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To me it seems that liberty and virtue were made for each other. If any man wish to enslave his country, nothing… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“If you didn't do anything that wasn't good for you it would be a very dull life. What are you gonna do?… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Men have discovered their distinctive virtues and vices through grappling with the perennial dilemmas and demands of love, courage, pride, family, and… — Waller R Newell Copy Share Image
![“Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.” quote by Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bac/mahatma-gandhi-23_contraception_contraceptive-methods-are-like-putting-a_1683828.jpg)
![“The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back control if [Hillary] Clinton is in the White House and Vice President Tim Kaine held the tie-breaking vote.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8dd/mara-liasson-8465_bigs_the-senate-is-the-big-prize-until-recent_815886.jpg)
![“There is no truth to the rumors that we hate each other. I have no ill feeling for [Britney Spears] and vice versa. I am proud of all the achievements she has made in her career, she is a very hard-working person. I have nothing but love for her.” quote by Christina Aguilera](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/db7/christina-aguilera-930_achievement_there-is-no-truth-to-the-rumors-that-we_1553291.png)
