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May Quotes by Isaac D'Israeli
- The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of…
- A well-read writer, with good taste, is one who has the command of the wit of other men; he searches where knowledge is to be…
- This is one of the results of that adventurous spirit which is now stalking forth and raging for its own innovations. We have not only…
- Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till they…
- A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal…
- The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst…
- The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong