If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretence that pain is the proper price of any good thing. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
And then he danced,-all foreigners excel the serious Angels in the eloquence of pantomime;-he danced, I say, right well, with emphasis, and… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Abortion is the only event that modern liberals think too violent and obscene to portray on TV. This is not because they… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Babies who have not yet been taught to speak any language are the only race of the earth, the race of man:… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You may charge me with murder--or want of sense-- (We are all of us weak at times): But the slightest approach to… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
the essence of vulgarity seemed to lie in the pretence at being or the attempt to be, something that one really was… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
All Pretences of foretelling by Astrology, are Deceits; for this manifest Reason, because the Wise and Learned, who can only judge whether… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“JAY: Why is a story more upfront than life? LENORE: It just seems more honest, somehow. JAY: Honest meaning closer to the… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Never destroy without thought your enemy's pretences; they are usually your best weapon against him. — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Millions upon millions will attain your ceremony, but don't think all of them are in a ceremonius mood.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
