Wisdom Quotes · Page 45
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“The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.”
“Politeness does not interfere with facts, politeness is just another fact.”
“You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.”
“This would be a great world to dance in if we didn't have to pay the fiddler.”
“Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.”
“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living.”
“This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.”
“We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”
“The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.”
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
“If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary.”
“A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.”
“The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.”
“The Americans are mostly engaged in trade and plantations. Their chief object is to make money.”
“Power is an intoxicating draught; the more a man has, the more he desires.”
“Good men are never concerned in revolutions, because they will not go the lengths.”