Cesare Beccaria Quotes

Men's most superficial feelings lead them to prefer cruel laws. Nevertheless, when they are subjected to them themselves, it is in each man's interest that they be moderate, because the fear of being injured is greater than the desire to injure.

Cesare Beccaria

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794

Topics

FearMenManFeelingsDesireLead

My back only bugs me when I sleep wrong. I feel my knee more than anything, the left one. It's arthritic.

Joe Montana

SleepMeFeelBackWrongMore

To me, having 'material' for an essay means not only having something to write about but also having something interesting and original to say about whatever that might be.

Meghan Daum

MeInterestingSayWriteWhatever

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.

Max Lerner

RichCivilizationPossessionsSpin

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

Max Heindel

PositiveQualitySufferingStand

No one knows this, but my dad can sing his face off.

Rob McClure

FaceOffSingKnowsHisDad

Social media is so influential now.

Rita Ora

Social MediaMediaNowSocial

My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue.

Ron Moody

ExperienceComedyPortrayal

I remember one parent-teacher conference at the lower school, and Barack went, and there were SWAT guys on top of the roof of the school. And Malia was like, 'Dad, really? Really? Do they really have to be up there?' And it's like, yeah, honey, they do.

Michelle Obama

SchoolRememberHoneyTopRoofUp

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

Lorna Luft

EveningMagicHollywoodPureSide

Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.

Dionne Warwick

WaterWomanManUnderstandNever

The audiences used to say, 'Are you a Donovan fan or a Dylan fan?' It was all very naive, really.

Donovan

YouSayNaiveUsedFanVery

The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet.

Sherman Alexie

WritingEnjoyYouKnowThreeLead

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