Profligate Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good… — Lord Byron
Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just. — Horace Mann
In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so… — Derek Bailey
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding… — Confucius
Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste. — George Perkins Marsh
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to… — John Clare
England was killed by an idea: the idea that the weak, indolent and profligate must be supported by the strong, industrious, and frugal â€“ to… — Dan Smoot
We must surely appear to the world as exactly what we are: a nation that organizes its economy around consuming twice as much oil as… — Barbara Kingsolver
We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may… — Bill McKibben
Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment.… — William Hazlitt
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because… — Joseph Story
Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't… — Annie Dillard
There comes a turning point in intense physical struggle where one abandons oneself to a profligate usage of strength and bodily resource, ignoring the costs… — Diana Gabaldon
Few things linger longer or become more indwelling than that feeling of both completion and emptiness when a great book ends. That the book accompanies… — Pat Conroy
Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his hand into the… — James Kirke Paulding
As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good… — Lord Byron

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