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Them Quotes by Gertrude Stein
- Writers only think they are interested in politics, they are not really, it gives them a chance to talk and writers like to talk but…
- Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so.
- It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction…
- It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
- Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they…
- Let me listen to me and not to them.
- I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not…
- Eating and sleeping are not like loving and breathing. Washing is not like eating and sleeping. Believing is like breathing and loving. Religion can be…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster