"Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated."

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Party Quotes #Two Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day.”
“Civilization involves subjection of force to reason, and the agency of this subjection is law.”
“Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.”

Source : Jack Woodford (2012). “Trial and Error”, p.177, askmar publishing
“Every reformation ruins somebody.”

Source : Amelia B. Edwards (1865). “Half a Million of Money”, p.241
“So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.”
“It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions.”

Source : 1882 The State in Relation to Labour.
“If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.”
“There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top guys are Clinton and Dole. What can you draw from this? Darwin was wrong!”

Source : "Fey’s Fantastic, But Never The Twain She’ll Meet" by Michael Sigman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2011.

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