None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the… — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it… — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is… — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Gossip columnists are diseases, like 'flu. Everyone is subject to them. — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
