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Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Lord
1678–1751
1678–1751
1
They make truth serve as a stalking-horse to error.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
They make truth serve as a stalking-horse to error.
Letters on the Study and Use of History
(1752) No. 4, pt. 1
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
Reflections upon Exile
(1716)
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
comment (
c.
1728)
Bolt, Robert
1924–95
1924–95
1
This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast—Man's laws, not God's—and if you cut them down—and you're just the man to do it—d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?
It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world…But for Wales—!
This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast—Man's laws, not God's—and if you cut them down—and you're just the man to do it—d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?
A Man for All Seasons
(1960) act 1
It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world…But for Wales—!
A Man for All Seasons
(1960) act 2.
Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson
1785–1879
1785–1879
1
Even quarrels with one's husband are preferable to the ennui of a solitary existence.
Even quarrels with one's husband are preferable to the ennui of a solitary existence.
Eugene L. Didier
The Life and Letters of Madame Bonaparte
(1879)
Bonar Law, Andrew
1858–1923
1858–1923
1
I can imagine no length of resistance to which Ulster will not go, in which I shall not be ready to support them.
at a Unionist meeting at Blenheim in 1912
If I am a great man, then all great men are frauds.
I can imagine no length of resistance to which Ulster will not go, in which I shall not be ready to support them.
at a Unionist meeting at Blenheim in 1912
Robert Blake
The Unknown Prime Minister
(1955)
If I am a great man, then all great men are frauds.
Lord Beaverbrook
Politicians and the War
(1932)
Bonaventura, St
1221–74
1221–74
1
Reason is the natural image of the Creator.
Reason is the natural image of the Creator.
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Bond, Carrie Jacobs
1862–1946
1862–1946
1
When you come to the end of a perfect day.
When you come to the end of a perfect day.
"A Perfect Day" (1910 song)
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