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Private Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found.
- I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of…
- When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip.
- It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist…
- See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of his…
- Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
- The true and not despairing Friend will address his Friend in some such terms as these. "I never asked thy leave to let me love…
- It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to…
- Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates…
- If private men are obliged to perform the offices of government, to protect the weak and dispense justice, then the government becomesonly a hired man,…
More Private Quotes
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply… — Margaret Atwood
- A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay… — Lauren Bacall
- It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
- When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall
- Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it. — Michele Bachmann
- It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands… — Michele Bachmann
- As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have… — David Baldacci
- I try to keep my private life kind of private. — Tyra Banks
- From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time,… — Tyra Banks
- I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility… — Banksy