"It is true the orator may make a……" — George William Russell
"It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools."
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George William Russell
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29 Quotes by George William Russell
George William Russell has 29 quotes on this site.
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We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts…
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When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business…
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We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual…
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After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality.... The spirit…
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You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
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Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.
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Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in…
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People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were…
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Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
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Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.
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In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.
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There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
— Francis Bacon
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
— Douglas Bader
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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
— Russell Baker
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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
— Honore de Balzac
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete…
— Douglas Adams
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
— Bernard Baruch
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
— Robert Benchley
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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers,…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes…
— Ambrose Bierce
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
— Josh Billings
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