"History is a gallery of pictures in which……" — Alexis de Tocqueville
"History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies."
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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257 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville has 257 quotes on this site.
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When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy…
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half…
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I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large…
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Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines,…
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The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all…
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When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are…
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Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of…
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Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source…
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When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
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Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found a catalogue ad I did for Superman pajamas.…
— Jensen Ackles
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My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.
— Randy Bachman
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You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
— David Bailey
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They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were…
— Afrika Bambaataa
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You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for…
— Roseanne Barr
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I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
— Venerable Bede
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There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this…
— Berenice Abbott
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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than…
— Robert Benchley
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Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
— Irving Berlin
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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal;…
— William Blake
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