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Revolt Quotes by William Hazlitt
- Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work…
- The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.
- There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him…
More Revolt Quotes
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. — Albert Camus
- Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is… — Rebecca West
- It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence. — James Russell Lowell
- If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he… — Charles Horton Cooley
- There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating… — Gelett Burgess