Perfidy Quotes

13 quotes by 13 authors

• Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and incensing them to… — Thomas Paine
• We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless… — John Calvin
• The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this temptation,… — Arthur Koestler
• Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to… — Samuel Johnson
• English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so… — Paul Scott
• The Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the… — Barbara Tuchman
• No legal ceremony--no election of the woman--no penalty for the perfidy of the man--no law to compel him to do his duty, no compensation for… — Victoria Woodhull
• John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in… — Richard Corliss
• Age cannot Love destroy, But perfidy can blast the flower, Even when in most unwary hour It blooms in Fancy's bower. Age cannot Love destroy,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
• The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be… — Victor Davis Hanson
• Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea… — Leon Trotsky
• At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have a feeling you… — Kate DiCamillo
• I know that when people pull apart, they usually employ misunderstanding as a weapon, deliberately getting hold of the stick's wrong end, impaling themselves on… — Salman Rushdie

Who Wrote These Perfidy Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 13 Perfidy Quotes as follows:

• 1 Perfidy Quote by John Calvin
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Arthur Koestler
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Samuel Johnson
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Paul Scott
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Barbara Tuchman
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Victoria Woodhull
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Richard Corliss
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Victor Davis Hanson
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Leon Trotsky
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Kate DiCamillo
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Salman Rushdie
• 1 Perfidy Quote by Thomas Paine