Farthing Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

It is really laughable to see what different ideas are prominent in various naturalists' minds, when they speak of 'species'; in some, resemblance is everything… — Charles Darwin
'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more… — Miguel de Cervantes
Youth, have no pity; leave no farthing here For age to invest in compromise and fear. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark… — Oliver Cromwell
Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to… — Benjamin Franklin
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one calling… — William Booth
Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing. — Cato the Elder
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound. — William Bligh
The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but… — Thomas Carlyle
Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice. — Horace Walpole
I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's wants. There is no… — Richard Cobden
In religion and politics peopleâ€™s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves… — Mark Twain
Looks like he's lost a guinea and found a farthing," Horace said, then added, unnecessarily, "Will, I mean." Halt turned in his saddle to regard… — John Flanagan
I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels. — Abraham Whipple
Loving don't cost not a farthing neither a cent but should you spend the money that a money well spent. — Junior Delgado

Who Wrote These Farthing Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 17 Farthing Quotes as follows: