"I venture to prophesy that there lies before……" — Auberon Herbert
"I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time."
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Auberon Herbert
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17 Quotes by Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert has 17 quotes on this site.
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The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want…
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The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist…
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Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive.
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If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice…
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And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons…
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How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the…
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Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and…
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How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the…
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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places…
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We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions…
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It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for…
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There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have…
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More Bitter Quotes
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one of 1,231 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
— Aristotle
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
— Honore de Balzac
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally…
— Drew Barrymore
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I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.
— Adele
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
— Julie Burchill
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