The Lives of Great
The Lives of Great Men are more oft’ at variance with their profess’d Phillosophies than consistent with ’em. Erica Jong
Hypocrisy
Unless a man has
Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. We join a mass movement to escape from individual responsibility, or, in the words of an ardent young Nazi, to be free from freedom. It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all … Read more
No great thing is
No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus
When a man goes
When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. Enid Bagnold
Do not all theists
Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based upon fear and hope, such morality has always been a vile product, imbued partiy with self-righteousness, partly with hypocrisy. Emma Goldman
Don\\’t take what someone
Don’t take what someone else has made sure of and pretend it’s you yourself that have made sure of it till it’s yours absolutely by conviction. It’s stealing to take it and hypocrisy and you’ll fall into a hole. Emily Carr
He had the hypocrisy
He had the hypocrisy to represent a mourner: and previous to following with Hareton, he lifted the unfortunate child on to the table and muttered, with peculiar gusto, ‘Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we’ll see if one tree won’t grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it! Emily … Read more
When your intelligence don\\’t
When your intelligence don’t tell you something ain’t right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says ‘Hold on’. If it don’t, you’re a snake. Elvis Presley
Envy someone an\\’ it
Envy someone an’ it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense? Elvis Presley
Truth is like the
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. Elvis Presley