Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.
in Thomas Jefferson QuotesBut the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail [against the government], and inquire and accuse, neither suspect nor fear, nor care for the public. but hope to force their way to riches, by virulence and invective, and are veheme.
in Samuel Johnson QuotesNow a writer can make himself a nice career while he is alive by espousing a political cause, working for it, making a profession of believing in it, and if it wins he will be very well placed. All politics is a matter of working hard without reward, or with a living wage for a time, in the hope of booty later. A man can be a Fascist or a Communist and if his outfit gets in he can get to be an ambassador or have a million copies of his books printed by the Government or any of the other rewards the boys dream about.
in Ernest Hemingway QuotesREPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.
in Ambrose Bierce QuotesHope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable
in Samuel Johnson QuotesWhat can be said in New Year rhymes,That's not been said a thousand times?The new years come, the old years go,We know we dream, we dream we know.We rise up laughing with the light,We lie down weeping with the night.We hug the world until it stings,We curse it then and sigh for wings.We live, we love, we woo, we wed,We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,And that's the burden of a year.
in Ella Wheeler Wilcox QuotesNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
in Epictetus QuotesAll big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
in Woodrow Wilson QuotesAnd God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
in John Lennon QuotesThe results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.
in Thomas Huxley QuotesIf you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude, ... I hope to make you use your imagination.
in Hedy Lamarr QuotesBut what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence. the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
in Lord Byron QuotesMen marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.
in Albert Einstein Quotes
