"In every age of transition men are never……" — Bernard Levin
"In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it."
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11 Quotes by Bernard Levin
Bernard Levin has 11 quotes on this site.
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Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why,…
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No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
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The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
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Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of…
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If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals,…
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I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the…
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The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.
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Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.
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Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British…
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What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain…
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More Abandon Quotes
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one of 715 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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