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Ron White (1956) American comedian
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“You're truly free for the first time. What could be more difficult than that?”
Octavia E. Butler book Bloodchild and Other Stories
The Book of Martha
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)
“No. If I am in such a temper, than the person I am in a temper with needs to leave.”
Zoya Akhtar (1974) Indian film director
as an answer to the question: Have you ever walked of a set, in a temper?<br><br> On the Sets, at 0 Min 19 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deXjh9X0_U <br class="br">Panel interview at MAMI(Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) Film Festival
“I prefer to be loved for what I am than be loved for what I'm not ..."”
Dj Parisa (1972) Youtuber & DJ
“Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than of war.”
A misquotation http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2009-August/092648.html of:<br><br>Πάντων μὲν κόρος ἐστὶ καὶ ὕπνου καὶ φιλότητος<br>μολπῆς τε γλυκερῆς καὶ ἀμύμονος ὀρχηθμοῖο,<br>τῶν πέρ τις καὶ μᾶλλον ἐέλδεται ἐξ ἔρον εἷναι<br>ἢ πολέμου· Τρῶες δὲ μάχης ἀκόρητοι ἔασιν.<br><br>Men get<br>Their fill of all things, of sleep and love, sweet song<br>And flawless dancing, and most men like these things<br>Much better than war. Only Trojans are always<br>Thirsty for blood!<br><br>Iliad, XIII, 636–639 (tr. Ennis Rees)<br><br>The misquotation implies that an overweening love of war was the norm, whereas the real quote decries the Trojans as inhumane for keeping the war going. <br class="br">Misattributed
“A single day among the learned lasts longer than the longest life of the ignorant.”
Posidonius (-135–-51 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted in Epistulae morales ad Lucilium by Seneca, Epistle LXXVIII (trans. R. M. Gummere)
“A good poet is of no more use to his country than a good petanque player.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Source: Unsourced
“Nothing is more dangerous to good government than great power in improper hands.”
Calvin Coolidge book The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
Source: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)
“Public opinion is no more than this,
What people think that other people think.”
Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet
Prince Lucifer (1887), Lucifer in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 189.
“Whether Women are better than men, I can say they are certainly no worse.”
Golda Meir (1898–1978) former prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
“The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
January 1886, in a campaign speech given in New York https://www.history.com/news/teddy-roosevelt-race-imperialism-national-parks
1880s
“[T]here is more to be learned at the foot of the cross than anywhere else in the world.”
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
"What Think You of the Cross?", p. 284
Startling Questions (1853)
“You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.”
Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister
"Putin’s War of Words" https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/world/europe/vladimir-putin-war-of-words.html, New York Times, 5 December 2022 <br class="br">2010s, 2014
“Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate.”
Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960) American writer
Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics (1948)
“Greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), On Stupidity
“Nothing is more ridiculous than a tyrant, whose fear is gradually losing itself.”
Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)