“Whether people see you as a shadow or as an invisible or stupid sort of thing, a time will come when that… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
People talk about the horrors of war, but what weapon has a man invented that even approaches in cruelty some of the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Well, I've got something to tell you, In my last life I was a Spanish Count and one of the things I… — Gilles Gratton Copy Share Image
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[John] Adams's perception of Europe, and especially France, was clearly different than [Tomas] Jefferson's. For Jefferson, the luxury and sophistication of Europe… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In recent years it has become impossible to talk about man's relation to nature without referring to "ecology"...such leading scientists in this… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
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Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
When meeting royalty, it is very important, no matter how excited you are, not to vomit on them. Instead, vomit on the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed. — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
John Paul II spoke to the commoner and to the king, to the tyrant and to the democrat in that same language… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
There are ever two ways of striving to fill one's place in the world: one is by seeking to prove one's self… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come… — Stephen Birmingham Copy Share Image
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness… — Plato Copy Share Image
We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
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