"If I despised myself, it would be no……" — Max Nordau
"If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly."
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10 Quotes by Max Nordau
Max Nordau has 10 quotes on this site.
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Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of…
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It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.
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Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and…
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How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here…
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Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward…
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The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon…
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[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case…
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We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes…
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The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
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More Compensation Quotes
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
— Lord Acton
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We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life…
— William Barclay
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Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess…
— Bob Beauprez
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to…
— David Cameron
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The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth…
— Unknown Author
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This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.
— Phyllis McGinley
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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
— George Sand
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Mortality has its compensations; one is that all evils are transitory, another that better times may come.
— George Santayana
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Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do…
— Max Lucado
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