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  • The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not by greatness and nobility of soul, although deserved, yet are not real, and cannot be depended upon in time of adversity.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Time Quotes , Real Quotes
  • But, especially in love, only counterfeit emotions exist nowadays. We have all been taught to mistrust everybody emotionally, from parents downwards, or upwards. Don’t trust anybody with your real emotions: if you’ve got any: that is the slogan of today. Trust them with your money, even, but never with your feelings. They are bound to trample on them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Real Quotes , Parent Quotes
  • Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Real Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Inspiring Quotes , Real Quotes
  • Money is part of how we move through the world, what stores and restaurants we go into, whether we take a train to the airport or a taxi. Describing characters living in the real world requires describing them engaging with money. There are also so many emotional aspects to money - feelings of inadequacy, feelings of security. I am not sure if there needs to be more about money in fiction, but the absence of this aspect can make a story feel somehow frictionless and unreal.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Akhil Sharma Quotes , Real Quotes , Moving Quotes
  • It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real an immediate cause.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Clarke Quotes , Real Quotes , Ignorance Quotes