Provocation Quotes

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,… — Stephen Covey
After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready… — Carl von Clausewitz
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it… — Edward P. Morgan
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have… — Woodrow Wilson
Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of the… — John Owen
Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are… — C.S. Lewis
If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when… — George Washington
When sex desire arises, one simply pays total attention to it, not judging, not saying this is good or bad not saying this is evil,… — Rajneesh
We should always settle disputes through dialogue and cooperation, and should not resort to the use or threat of force on the slightest provocation. We… — Wu Bangguo
A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. — H. L. Mencken
I suppose, yes, I've been guilty of provocation but it's also just common sense marketing - put a bottle of scent in a woman's cleavage,… — Tom Ford
My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for a… — Michael Haneke
You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then… — Gyorgy Konrad
At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs to be done.… — Julia Cameron
I don't believe anything can do as much for a room as a glowing fire in an attractive fireplace. Men and dogs love an open… — Dorothy Draper
The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult… — Jeremy Brett
H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed,… — Robert Higgs
There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provocation. — Aldous Huxley
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. — John Tillotson

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