Robert Walpole Quotes
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Robert Walpole
Quotes to Explore
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But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.
Calista Flockhart
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From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference.
Halldor Laxness
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He broke the kiss and leaned against her, breathing hard. "Good morning to you, too. Man, I just can't stay mad when you do that.
Rachel Caine
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Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.
S. D Gordon
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What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.
Anne Carson
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Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
Antoine Lavoisier
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There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.
Confucius
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It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.
Victor Hugo
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Sam,' said Saul fervently, 'when you talk, you know you create a world.
Christina Stead
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It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
Stephen Fry
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It is terrible when an infant dies, but worse, most people think, when a three-year-old child dies, and worse still when an adolescent does.
Ezekiel Emanuel