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Them Quotes by Peter Ustinov
- Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.
- World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest sense,in its only sense,…
- Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
- People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom
- Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them
- Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.
- Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see…
- The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations…
- Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- 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