Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.
Fear is isolating for those that fear. And I have come to believe that fear is a cruelty to those who are feared.
Fortunate are those who are trusted more by others than by themselves; Blessed are those who trust others more than they trust themselves.
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
Thanks,” Johann finally said. “It’s the irony of war. Those who want to live, die. Those who want to die, live on.
All of it was hers, hers and Nat's, and all those years were nestled inside them like one of those Russian dolls, holding dozens of tiny selves inside it.
Are the worst enemies of society those who attack it or those who do not even give themselves the trouble of defending it?
Those who receive the blessing are those who see beyond its disguise.
for those memories are now just like these little kittens I hold in my hands those can be kissed and treasured but not held too tightly.
-Those who never face oppositions always stop at propositions. -Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements
Always be YOU – Those who appreciate the real YOU will be blessed and those who do not, do not deserve to know YOU.
This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.
Dreams are not those which comes while we are sleeping, but dreams are those when u don't sleep before fulfilling them.
Those are the men,' added Bolkonsky with a sigh which he could not suppress, as they went out of the palace, 'those are the men who decide the fate of nations.
It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.
I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.
A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!
We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils