Goldwin Smith Quotes

Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.

Goldwin Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 13, 1823 - June 7, 1910

Topics

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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

Jerry Lewis

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You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side.

Andrew Taylor Still

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A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.

Andrei Platonov

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Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

Matthew Lillard

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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

John Wooden

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The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.

Stephen Gardiner

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When people say, 'You seem so grounded; you seem so normal,' I think it's the way I was raised and the way my sister and I were brought up by our parents.

Trisha Yearwood

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I was coddled, and there is a permissiveness that sometimes goes on with people who are successful as actors.

Tom Sizemore

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My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

Mo Brooks

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I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail.

Denholm Elliott

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Dynamic activity and deep rest of the mind are complementary to each other.

Deepak Chopra

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I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

David Thibodeau

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