Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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We believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be.
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Ψευδηγορεῖν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταται στόματὸ Δῖον, ἀλλὰ πᾶν ἔπος τελεῖ.
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The whole celebrity culture is super weird, but I'm part of it for some reason, and you kind of have to be as an actor to be successful.
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Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
