"All political parties die at last of swallowing……" — John Arbuthnot
"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."
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John Arbuthnot
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15 Quotes by John Arbuthnot
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Law is a bottomless pit.
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Among innumerable footsteps of divine providence to be found in the works of nature, there is a very remarkable one…
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Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.
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The Reader may here observe the Force of Numbers, which can be successfully applied, even to those things, which one…
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The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge…
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Biography is one of the new terrors of death.
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Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.
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Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery,…
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It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only…
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Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)
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He warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.
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The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and…
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