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May Quotes by P.D. James
- Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct. We don't know…
- Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
- Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
- I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a…
- Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the…
- It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed.
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