Grieves: Webster's Quotations, Facts and PhrasesIcon Group International, Incorporated, Dec 19, 2008 - 129 pages Familiar Quotations GeneralitiesThere is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.ndash;Joseph AddisonFacts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.ndash;Louis AgassizIt is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.ndash;AnonymousThe General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.ndash;Arthur James BalfourDeep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly.ndash;Jean BaudrillardBats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.ndash;John BerrymanCitizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power.ndash;Hugo BlackTo generalize is to be an idiot.ndash;William BlakeThose who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.ndash;Lady Marguerite BlessingtonGeneral jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.ndash;William Bolitho |
