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Other Quotes by V.S. Naipaul
- One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work…
- A businessman is someone who buys at ten and is happy to get out at twelve. The other kind of man buys at ten, sees…
- I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.
- I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.
- I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
- There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered…
- The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them…
- I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
More Other Quotes
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour