Louis Adolphe Thiers Quotes

In general, the country is wise, but the political parties are not. It is these, and only these, that we have to fear. It is only these which we have to guard against.

Louis Adolphe Thiers

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• The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

  

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• I hadn't stopped fearing the chance of passing on an illness, but that fear had become balanced by the observation that being ill wasn't the same as being beaten.

  

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• I don't fear anything now.

  

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• Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.

  

  Victor LaValle
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• Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'

  

  Olivia Wilde
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• Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
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• Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

  

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• We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
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• When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.

  

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• Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

  

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• Ted Cruz, who uses phrases like 'carpet-bombing' the people of ISIS and who said, after the incidents in Paris, that we need a war president, is using fear mongering and hate speech. As a citizen of the world, I'm very concerned that this kind of behavior is being cheered on by anyone. It only brings more pain and suffering.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
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• I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.

  

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• Go, Soul, the body’s guest,Upon a thankless arrant:Fear not to touch the best;The truth shall be thy warrant:Go, since I needs must die,And give the world the lie.Say to the court, it glows.And shines like rotten wood;Say to the church, it showsWhat’s good, and doth no good:If church and court reply,Then give them both the lie.

  

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• The fear was all he had left, but even that was something-he was afraid, so he must be alive! There was darkness, but there was Simon, too! There were not one and the same. Not yet. Not quite...

  

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• The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

  

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• Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

  

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• The boy had to pay the piper, so they all stay in fear of the neighborhood sniper

  

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• My fear is if there is a trial we're going to see the partisanship getting involved again -- attack, counter-attack, a challenge, a counter-challenge and it's disastrous to this country.

  

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• I don't want to play forever. I want to give everything I can now and then walk away knowing I gave everything. The example I think of is Barry Sanders. He was such a great player, and he left when he was still on top. I want that to be me.

  

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• Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides in the small print.

  

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• People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

  

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• In general, the country is wise, but the political parties are not. It is these, and only these, that we have to fear. It is only these which we have to guard against.

  

  Louis Adolphe Thiers
  • Fear
  • Guard
  • Parties