Frauds Quotes
53 quotes by 47 authors
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The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
— Philip James Bailey
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A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in favor of letting…
— H. L. Mencken
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Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why…
— Dmitri Mendeleev
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
— Pearl Bailey
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I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly…
— Marie Calloway
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One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to…
— Sean Penn
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A hypocrite is one who plays two parts consciously for his own ends. When we find fault with other people we may be quite sincere,…
— Oswald Chambers
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These are called the pious frauds of friendship.
— Henry Fielding
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The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to the…
— Charles P. Kindleberger
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We must not falsely teach American history in our schools. We have a law requiring state textbook oversight to guard against frauds like Zinn, and…
— Mitch Daniels
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The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its…
— Joseph Pulitzer
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Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities.
— Adam Gopnik
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I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and the…
— Scott Lynch
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Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish businesses and organizations…
— David Rice
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The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are.…
— R. A. Lafferty
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Healing is a biological process, not an art. It is as much a function of the living organism as respiration, digestion, circulation, excretion, cell proliferation,…
— Herbert M. Shelton
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Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] is…
— Randall Robinson
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