"Biography is one of the new terrors of…" — John Arbuthnot
"Biography is one of the new terrors of death."
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John Arbuthnot
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15 Quotes by John Arbuthnot
John Arbuthnot has 15 quotes on this site.
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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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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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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More Biographies Quotes
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I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive.
— Peter Ackroyd
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
— Arthur Balfour
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I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers…
— David Bowie
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Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
— Anita Brookner
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Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses,…
— A. S. Byatt
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When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it…
— Jane Campion
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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
— Thomas Carlyle
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I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
— William Ellery Channing
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Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.
— Deepak Chopra
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Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most…
— Mark Twain
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I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better…
— Charles Babbage
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