I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is
apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
View quotes by Maya AngelouThe class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is
apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
View quotes by W H AudenBeing too good is
apt to be uninteresting.
View quotes by Harry S TrumanGreat joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is
apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
View quotes by Henry FieldingIf you expect nothing, you're
apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
View quotes by Malcolm ForbesOur firmest convictions are
apt to be the most suspect, they markour limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing unless itis moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.
View quotes by Jose Ortega Y GassetOnce the bear's hug has got you, it is
apt to be for keeps.
View quotes by Harold McMillanA man who trusts nobody is
apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
View quotes by Harold McMillanAs for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are
apt to be at complete war with one another.
View quotes by John Stuart MillFear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is
apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
View quotes by TacitusMen who do not make advances to women are
apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
View quotes by Walter BagehotConscientious people are
apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
View quotes by George EliotSymbologists often remarked that France - a country renowned for machismo, womanising, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short - could not have chosen a more
apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.
View quotes by Dan BrownAn
apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
View quotes by L E LandonI am
apt to suspect... all the other species of men... to be naturally inferior to white. There never was a civilzation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation.
View quotes by David HumeOur esteem is
apt to be given where we know the least
View quotes by Jules MicheletWe are
apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us
View quotes by Hannah MoreWe gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are
apt to have a wheel out of order.
View quotes by Sir John VanbrughWho often, but without success, have prayed for
apt alliteration's artful aid.
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