Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
C. L. R. James -
Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
Cara Buono -
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
Barry Unsworth -
I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
Dana Plato -
But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
H. P. Lovecraft
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
Harriet Harman -
Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo -
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
Larry Elder -
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
Samuel Johnson
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There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
Edmund Burke -
Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.
Natalia Ginzburg -
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
Florynce Kennedy -
Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.
Lady Gaga -
I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.
Laura Moser -
We always look at the 'Fortune 500,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards.
Warren Farrell
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Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading.
Elihu Root -
If all things in this universe exist, it is because they participate in the Being of God, if there are some things with life, it is because they are reflections of the life of God; if there are beings endowed with intellect and will - like men and angels - it's because they are a participation of the Sovereign Intellect which is God.
Fulton J. Sheen -
If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever.
Imelda May -
In each restaurant, I develop a different culinary sensibility. In Paris, I'm more classic, because that's what customers like. In Monaco, it's classic Mediterranean haute cuisine. In London, it's a contemporary French restaurant that I've developed with a U.K. influence and my French know-how.
Alain Ducasse -
I could have melted ice, my smile was so bright.
Kiersten White -
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli