Bernard de Mandeville Quotes
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.
Bernard de Mandeville
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The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
Natasha Trethewey
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John
While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
Mahesh Babu
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
Carlos Slim
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
Zaha Hadid
If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.
Becky Lynch
If my assistant goes off and becomes successful, and people want to work with him, I'd take that as a compliment that I'd trained them well.
Brad Goreski
Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.
Kirk Hammett
Metallica
I think it's a transformation in terms of the U.S. and the industry. It will give us the opportunity to take it globally.
John Reed
Fast offerings are used for one purpose only: to bless the lives of those in need.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this.
Marc Morial
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.
Bernard de Mandeville