Practised Quotes

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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
Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him… — Christian Nestell Bovee
If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. — Martha Gellhorn
These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of… — Swami Vivekananda
The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power… — Samuel Johnson
Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency. — Nicolas Chamfort
Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years. — Prince Philip
I have spent some months in England, have seen an awful lot and learned little. England is not a land of science, there is only… — Justus von Liebig
To say that "the camera cannot lie" is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practised in its name. — Marshall McLuhan
Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the first is practised… — George Mikes
No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when, so to speak,… — Baron de Montesquieu
It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must possess… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have not in their… — Benjamin Franklin
He'd met other prodigies in mathematical competitions. In fact he'd been thoroughly trounced by competitors who probably spent literally all day practising maths problems and… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither… — Margaret Cavendish
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic… — John Thomas Sladek
It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was what… — George Orwell
I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it,… — George Gershwin
Anyone who believes that anything can be suited to everyone is a great fool, because medicine is practised not on mankind in general, but on… — Henri de Mondeville
Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit,… — Jean de la Bruyere

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