"You lose your manners when you are poor." — Lillian Hellman

"You lose your manners when you are poor."

— Lillian Hellman

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65 Quotes by Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman has 65 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
My father was often angry when I was most like him.
Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else.
The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it…
Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became…
Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.
The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to…
Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.…
Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to…
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.

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We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People… — Paul Auster
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders. — Karen Armstrong
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this… — Chinua Achebe
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other… — Saint Augustine
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which… — Teresa of Avila
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always… — Roger Babson
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose… — Peter Ackroyd
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access… — Michelle Bachelet
I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American… — Michele Bachmann
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to… — Francis Bacon
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. — James A. Baldwin

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